Valuation Office Agency
1.1 This Rating Manual entry concentrates on:
- Land used for Storage - with regard to general storage land over 10,000m2 (SCAT code 148G)
- Lorry parks (SCAT code 161G)
- Car/container storage land - at ports and other key locations (mainly SCAT code 148G)
- Car parking plots - Large and usually unmarked car parking plots at or close to airports (SCAT code 040 or 041G, although some may currently be within 148G)
- Scrap-yards (SCAT code 244G)
1.2 Car display land (046G), hand car wash sites (045G) and land used for car/van hire (should be 046G, but many are 148G) are not covered as they are more commercial in character. Please see the Practice Notes in respect of each of these classes for more detail.
1.3 This instruction gives advice on the data capture and referencing approach to be adopted for all Land Bulk Class, but primarily concentrates for co-ordination purposes on those hereditaments that must be data captured within the national sublocation categories. It is envisaged that the scope of this Rating Manual section can be expanded if more evidence comes to light.
1.4 The bulk class of this category of property should be L.
1.5 Further guidance to the data capture and survey requirements of these categories of property can be found at Appendix 1 - Data Capture and Referencing Guide: Storage Land, Lorry Parks, and Scrap Yards.
1.6 Not all plots of land over 5,000m2 are subject to national co-ordination. Many such plots should be valued on the appropriate Unit scheme because they are not at a key location. For example, large land plots in rural locations and/or those on most disused former airfields are not covered, nor are the majority of caravan storage sites.