PART C - GROUNDS FOR YOUR PROPOSED ALTERATION

15. Please select the statement or statements that you consider best describes why you are proposing the alteration shown in Part B by selecting the button(s) adjoining. If you select more than ONE of the buttons lettered A to L, your proposal may not be valid. You must supply such additional information as necessary in the space provided - the following notes are provided to help you select the appropriate Option.

Button A if you think the rateable value(s) in the rating list following the 2005 revaluation is or are inaccurate.

Button B if you dispute the accuracy of a rating list alteration made by the valuation officer. This option will only be available if you have selected an assessment that has been altered since the list was compiled. The date the alteration was made to the rating list will already be displayed. NB this date is shown in the relevant rating list entry and in the corresponding "Notice of Alteration" issued by the valuation officer. If you disagree with the Effective Date of the alteration please ensure that the date which you consider appropriate has been entered in Part B, Section 13E.

Button C if you are not disputing the accuracy of an assessment made by the valuation officer but disagree with its Effective Date and wish to replace it with the one you have shown at Part B, Section 13E.

Button D if you believe the rateable value is inaccurate because there has been a material change of circumstances (i.e. a physical change to the property or the locality). The date the change of circumstances occurred should be entered in the space provided. (NB you should also have indicated your view of the effect of the change on the rateable value in Section 13A of PART B).

Button E if you think the entry in the rating list should be deleted because the property has been demolished or no longer exists.

Button F if you believe the assessment should be deleted from the rating list because, perhaps the property is now used wholly for residential purposes or is exempt from rating (e.g. it is now an agricultural building).

Button G if you think the entry in the rating list should be deleted for a reason other than 15E or 15F. (e.g. an entry appears in the wrong list as a result of a local authority boundary change).

Button H This option relates to the splitting of a single existing assessment into more than one assessment in the rating list, for example if part of a property is now occupied by a separate tenant.

Button I This option is only available if more than one assessment has been selected and the "make merged appeal" option was selected. It is appropriate if property that is shown as separate entries in a list are now occupied together.

Button J This option is not appropriate with this version of the Proposal form as it relates to the inclusion in a rating list of a property that is currently not shown in that list.

Button K if you believe the entry shown in the rating list is wrong in the light of a tribunal or Court decision relating to another property. You should enter the date of the decision, name of the tribunal/court and the address of the property to which the decision relates. You must also provide your reasons for believing that the decision is relevant to the list entry to which your proposal relates (i.e. the property identified Part A) and why, in the light of the decision, you consider the list entry to which the proposal relates is inaccurate.

Button L if you consider that the address, description or any other statement required by law to be shown in the rating list about the property is wrong or has been omitted.

16. This section should be used to provide your detailed reason(s) for believing the Rating List to be inaccurate.

E.g. For Option D, the reason might be that part of the property has been demolished, or, that a newly built property has been occupied by a competitor and that there has, as a consequence, been a change in the rental value of the property identified in Part A. For Option K, the reason might be that a tribunal altered the assessment of a very similar property in the vicinity, and the reasons for the tribunal to do so are equally applicable to the property identified in Part A.