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There was submitted a report by the Assistant Assessor & Electoral Registration Officer providing an update to the reporting of performance for the first three months of the rating year to inform on the current performance and workload issues facing the Joint Board.
The report detailed the performance in Council Tax and non-domestic valuation against set targets. In relation to Council Tax valuation, it was noted that the addition of new houses to the Valuation List and the deletion of demolished houses remained a priority with the time taken to enter new houses into the Valuation (Council Tax) List exceeding the targets of 95% within three months and 97% within six months, by achieving 98.54% and 99.58% respectively.
The report also detailed the average number of days taken to add a house in each constituent authority area and also the number of deletions from the Valuation (Council Tax) List between 1 April and 30 June 2022.
The report set out the time taken to make statutory amendments to the Valuation Roll, excluding appeal settlements and amendments to the prescribed entries, between 1 April and 30 June 2022 by constituent authority area, which exceeded the targets of 50% to be actioned within three months and 75% within six months, by achieving 84.21% and 87.37% respectively.
The report noted that the current performance was above the targets set for this year however, this might diminish due to issues with recruitment and retention of staff in conjunction with the demands placed on the organisation as all members of the valuation team were heavily involved with the preparation of draft values for the 2023 revaluation which required to be published by 30 November 2022.
On behalf of the Joint Board, the Convener thanked staff for the work undertaken in dealing with statutory amendments to the Valuation List for Council Tax and the Valuation Roll.
DECIDED: That the content of the report be noted.