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List description: Veterinary Clinic / Animal Clinic and Premises

Primary description code: CX

SCAT code: 292

SCAT suffix: G

Bulk Class: O or I

3.1 The Animal & Rural Class Co-ordination Team (CCT) has overall responsibility for the co-ordination of this class. Each Regional Valuation Unit (RVU) has a representative on the team. The team is responsible for the approach to and the accuracy and consistency of veterinary and animal clinics.

4.1 RVU will be responsible for referencing, gathering facts and valuation.

4.2 The Animal & Rural CCT will deliver practice notes describing the valuation basis for revaluation and provide advice as necessary during the life of the rating lists. Caseworkers have a responsibility to:

• follow the advice given at all times practice notes are mandatory
• not depart from the advice given on appeal or maintenance work without approval from the CCT
• seek advice from the CCT before starting any new work

5.1 There is no specific legal framework in relation to this class of property for rating purposes. The profession is regulated the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.

6.1 Inspections should be carried out in accordance with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Property Inspector Manual.

6.2 Veterinary and animal clinics should generally be measured to be Net Internal Area (NIA). For those specialised purpose-built hereditaments which are valued using a contractors basis, the property should be measured to Gross Internal Area (GIA). Whichever method is chosen, regard should be had to the definitions contained in the VOA Code of Measuring Practice for Rating purposes.

6.3 When inspecting a veterinary/animal clinic, property inspectors should record the location and description to include the following:

• location
• site - size, shape and topography
• buildings infrastructure - age, quality, construction
• land developed and undeveloped
• services - heating energy source and water source
• car parking
• standard of fit out, particularly in relation areas of adaptation for x-rays, scanners etc
• photographs of the main constituent parts of the site. Typically, this can include:
  • treatment/surgery/consulting rooms
  • ancillary storage/office/reception areas

6.4 An inspection checklist is appended to this section (Appendix 1) and should be completed for all new properties, updated for maintenance work and stored in the property folder of the Electronic Document Records Management (EDRM) system.

7.1 Rating surveys should be captured on the Rating Support Application (RSA) or Non-Bulk Server (NBS) where the contractors basis is applied. Plans and surveys should be stored in the property folder of Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM).

Veterinary and animal clinics on a rentals basis should continue to adopt the local sublocation of the hereditament they occupy. The SCAT code for this class is 292G and should be described as Veterinary Clinic / Animal Clinic and Premises.