Council Tax

You can appeal against the band set on your property if:

• you have been liable for council tax on the property for less than six months and you can demonstrate that the property value as at 1 April 1991 would have put the property in a different band;
• there has been a change in the physical state of the property that would alter the value sufficiently to place it in another band;
• there have been structural changes to the property that would alter the value significantly to place it in another band.

All council tax valuations are based on 1 April 1991 values. General changes in house prices since this date cannot be considered as grounds for an appeal. Until an appeal has been determined, the bill must be paid.

Your appeal against the banding of your property should initially be made to the Valuation Office Agency:

Tunbridge Wells Valuation Office
Union House
Eridge Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN4 8HF

If agreement cannot be reached, your appeal can be made to an independant tribunal:

The Valuation Tribunal
4th Floor
Amp House
Dingwall Road
Croydon
Surrey CR0 9AX
Telephone: 0250 8681 8843

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