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Will Cardiff Airport get a new link road?
Proposals are starting to emerge from the early stages of the £1.2bn City Deal, which covers 10 local authorities in the Cardiff Capital Region. The main focus for expenditure is…
First-of-its-kind regeneration order for Wales
The economic potential of two industrial estates in the heart of the £1.2bn Cardiff and Region City Deal are set to receive a major boost after a Local Development Order…
The path to Chartered Building Surveyor status
George Watts has been a surveyor with Cooke & Arkwright’s Building Consultancy for almost three years. He passed his Assessment of Professional Competence in June, becoming a Chartered Building Surveyor…
New ruling on valuation of museums opens door to challenge rating assessments
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has recently published its decision in the case of Hughes (VO) V York Museum and Gallery Trust. The case related to the rating assessments of…
‘Tortuous system’ designed to reduce appeals
Businesses, leading rating practitioners and the Rating Surveyors Association (RSA) are mounting a vociferous campaign against the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) portal, a new system introduced…
First new tax in Wales for 800 years
Wales’s first new tax in 800 years, the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act will come into force on 1st April 2018. It will replace…