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Welcome to the Help pages of the Listings and Decisions search facility.
The layout of the information on your screen may vary due to your computer's set-up.
You can adjust the text size (and layout) from the View menu option to make
changes that are more suitable for you.
If you experience any problems with this facility please call 0300 123 2035.
Introduction
You can search for listed and decided rating appeals on this site. The following
text is designed to assist you. By clicking on
you are given helpful information. Short help text is also available if you rest
the cursor over
.
You can choose to search for council tax valuation and invalidity appeals (for England
or for Wales), or for non-domestic rating (NDR) appeals. You can also search decisions on council tax liability (but not list information).
By clicking on Appeals listed for hearing, you can find details of appeals
currently listed for hearing.
By clicking on Decisions, you can find decisions from appeals already heard.
You will be guided to select from options which will lead you to the appeal(s) you
are interested in.
Appeals listed for hearing
If you want to find a particular appeal, you should enter the most specific information
that you can, for example, the appeal number or the property's postcode.
The Appeal number is used by the Tribunal and is shown on all formal notices concerning
a particular appeal.
Some or all of a Postcode can be entered. For example, LS8 3PG will find all appeals
that match that postcode. Typing in LS8 followed by a ‘space’ will find
all appeals in the LS8 postcode area. Entering just LS8 would find all appeals in
LS8 but also variations such as LS80 and LS81.
Tribunal Areas
Selecting a Tribunal Area (broadly speaking a county or major city) from the drop-down list
allows you to search for an appeal using either the Billing Authority or Venue fields under
More Options.
If you are an agent and you are interested in your own NDR appeals, you can enter
your own postcode or appeal reference.
At this stage, you can perform your search by clicking on Search Now.
For more general searches, you will be able to select from various fields of information
to define your interest. Clicking on More Options allows access to
these fields. For example you can search by Hearing Date and choose whether to search for
dates before it or after it or for the exact date of the hearing.
Click on Search Now when you have entered your additional search criteria.
Your search results will be displayed in the form of a table showing the appeal
number, the List year, the address of the property, the description (for NDR), the
band or rateable value (RV), the hearing date and time, the hearing venue and the
agent's name (where appropriate).
If your search does not find your appeal(s) this is likely to be because the appeal(s)
has not been listed, or is no longer listed for a hearing. You may also wish to
check the information you have typed in or the criteria selected.
Decisions
If you want to find a particular decision, you should enter the most specific information
that you can, for example, the appeal number or the property's postcode.
The Appeal number is used by the Tribunal and is shown on all formal notices concerning
a particular appeal.
Some or all of a Postcode can be entered. For example, LS8 3PG will find all appeals
that match that postcode. Typing in LS8 followed by a ‘space’ will find
all appeals in the LS8 postcode area. Entering just LS8 would find all appeals in
LS8 but also variations such as LS80 and LS81.
Free Text
To perform a free-text search, click on the Go To Search button and
Help is available on the next screen.
Tribunal Areas
Selecting a Tribunal Area (broadly speaking a county or major city) from the drop-down list allows you to search
for an appeal using either the Billing Authority or Venue fields under More Options.
If you are an agent and you are interested in your own NDR appeals, you can enter
your own postcode or appeal reference.
At this stage, you can perform your search by clicking on Search Now.
You can opt to search for
- All Decisions: (which include short, standard reasons
for decision), or
- Decisions with full reasons: these are usually produced
for decisions that have been argued before the tribunal and, in the case of NDR
appeals include Keywords (except for 1995 list appeals). [Keywords are controlled
terms assigned by tribunal clerks to describe the case more precisely.]
At this stage, you can perform your search by clicking on Search Now.
For more general searches, you will be able to select from various fields of information
to define your interest. Clicking on More Options allows access to these
fields. For example you can search by Hearing Date and choose whether to search for dates
before it or after it or for the exact date of the hearing, or you can restrict you search
to a range of rateable values or a particular council tax band.
Click on Search Now
when you have entered your additional search criteria.
Because council tax liability decisions are depersonalised we have added another search option for these.
You can select one of the Grounds for Disputed Liability (grounds for appeal) from a drop-down list.
Your search results will be
displayed in the form of a table showing the appeal number and other information including
the decision date and the tribunal area. When Keywords have been used you will also
have an option to view them.
By clicking on the appeal number, you will be able to read the decision and its
reasons.
If your search does not find the decision(s) you want you may wish to check the
information you have typed in or the criteria selected. Please note, some appeals
are settled by the parties before they are decided at a hearing.
Billing Authorities
In 2009 and 2010 there were changes in some billing authorities' names, especially with the advent of
unitary authorities. Please remember to use old names or codes if you are searching back beyond 2009.
(Changes apply to Bedford, Cheshire, Cornwall, Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire and Wiltshire).
If you need assistance with this please call 0300 123 2035.
Keywords
Keywords are 'controlled' words and phrases that the clerk adds when writing the
tribunal's reasons for decision. For each decision, the clerk selects the Keywords
that are most relevant and important in saying what the case was about.
Controlling Keywords provides consistency. For example, decisions about a property
in the countryside might talk about a countryside, village or rural
location. In a free-text search, you would have to try all three and possibly others
to be sure of covering all the possibilities. The preferred Keyword rural
would be attached to each appeal if this was an important factor in those cases.
You can only use Keywords to search for full decisions for 2000 List appeals onwards, so you need to select a List year (i.e. not 1995 or All).
The Keywords are arranged in eight separate categories and the words in each list
are arranged alphabetically.
You can scroll through each list by using the up and down arrows.
In a category, you can select your chosen Keyword by simply clicking on it. To choose
more than one word in a particular category, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard
and `left-click' on your mouse for each additional word.
To view your chosen Keywords, click on the Next Page button. Your
Keywords will be displayed under each respective category.
To change your selected Keywords, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and 'left-click'
on your mouse.
By selecting the appropriate radio button, you can search for relevant decisions
using all or any of the Keywords selected.
Viewing and printing decisions
In the list of search results, click on the appeal number. The decision should open as a pdf file
in the window and can be saved and/or printed. If you cannot see the decision this way, clicking
on the link shown will open the decision in a new window.
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