Public Conveniences

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Dear Valuation Office Agency,

I have a really strange problem. I run a business which is paid to occupy and deliver a service at various Public Conveniences around the UK. The properties we have in some cases are not owned by the Local Authority but gifted at nil rent to them. In some cases where they are owned by them they simply cannot command any value and do not have any rentable value at all for the service they provide.

Of the 4627 Public Conveniences on the VOA list some have an RV of £0 ( in fact 4137 are less than £7000 RV) and the most expensive has an RV of £46750 there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the charges and they do not appear to comply with the VOA guidance. I wonder why? There is simply no real rule associated with this.

My question is if the standard process of RV is all about rental value why does something with no rental value or even a NEGATIVE rental value have an RV at all?

I know many of the loos on the list and cannot see why the valuations vary. Can you please explain why a building that has a net cost to run (ie a negative value as it is) attracts any NDR at all?

Yours faithfully,

Roger Berry

Freedom Of Information, Valuation Office Agency

Dear Mr Berry,

VOA Reference: 11767546.1/CEO

Thank you for your request which is set out below.

I confirm your request was received on 3 November 2014 and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

I confirm you should receive a response within 20 working days which will be no later than 1 December 2014.

In the interim, I have provided a link (below) on Public Conveniences from the Valuation Office Agency website, which you may find useful:

http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/publicat...

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Dear Freedom Of Information,

Thank you for your kind reply.

Can I please send you the excel spread sheet for all the Public Toilets by RV? It is from your records found by searching Public Toilets by RV.

That way you can see the clear disparity and lack of consistency which makes a travesty of the link you sent me which shows there SHOULD be some consistency but there is not any!

Yours sincerely,

Roger Berry

Freedom Of Information, Valuation Office Agency

Dear Mr Berry,

We are happy to view the information you have located on the VOA website.

Please email the spreadsheet to [voa request email] or through the link provided below:

http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Re... - please go to the section 'Information held by the VOA' and select the link 'Click here to e-mail a request for information held by the VOA', this will provide an email address.

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Email: [voa request email]

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Freedom Of Information, Valuation Office Agency

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Dear Mr Berry
VOA reference: 11767546.1/CEO
Here is the VOA's response to your request

Kind regards

Valuation Office Agency |
Email: [voa request email]

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