Business Rates - Transparency and disclosure of information on business rates valuations

This was a Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Consultation which covered how they handled and used information they held. With a move to a 3 yearly revaluation cycle the VOA are going to ask ratepayers for a lot more information. We will be moving from a system that we are currently in where the VOA decides on the rateable value and the ratepayer can appeal, to a situation where the ratepayer will have to submit most of the information on which the VOA will make a decision.