Business Rates: Appeals
Commons · Question 112027 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing businesses to continue paying rates based on the previous year's valuation where a newly determined business rates valuation is under
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 23 Feb 2026
If customers disagree with their Rateable Value (as published in the Rating Lists), there is a three-stage process run by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) known as Check, Challenge, Appeal to challenge this. Ratepayers are required to continue paying bus...