The Assessor has a statutory right to collect information from owners and occupiers relating to property values such as building costs, sale prices, rents etc. This information is analysed by professional staff who set the values based on this information. Practice Notes can be viewed on the Scottish Assessor’s website www.saa.gov.uk and also on our website.

The Rateable Value is not the figure which you pay. Your bill is calculated by your local Council’s Director of Finance, who multiply the Rateable Value by a figure called the Rate in the Pound which is set each year by the Scottish Parliament. Your local authority will also apply any relief’s to which you may be entitled. At the present time, most rates bills are considerably lower than the figure of Rateable Value. Further details can be found on the Scottish Assessor’s website www.saa.gov.uk which provides a link to a Business Rates calculator. 

You can contact your Director of Finance using the details below –

*Please note that City of Edinburgh Council deal with Midlothian NDR enquiries.

The Assessor is required to officially notify all proprietors, tenants and occupiers of their new Rateable Value following a Revaluation by issuing a Valuation Notice. A Valuation Notice is also sent to inform you of any changes made, for example, after you have carried out alterations to your property. Details of your valuation may be available on the Scottish Assessor’s website www.saa.gov.uk

The Rateable Values of all non-domestic properties in Lothian are contained in the Valuation Roll which can be inspected in the Assessor’s Office, or online, via the Scottish Assessors Portal Website.

This is an area which falls under the jurisdiction of the Director of Finance within the relevant constituent council area. Contact details can be found above in section 2 (What if I can’t afford to pay the Rateable Value).

This is advisable, as it may be that your Rateable Value will be reduced if, for example, you reduce the size of your property by demolition or, in certain cases, by letting out any part of it. Contact details can be found on our Contact page.

The best way is to lodge a Non Domestic proposal via an online form at the Scottish Assessors Association webpage.  Please also refer to the Non Domestic Proposals section

A 2023 revaluation proposal must be submitted by 31^st July 2023, or within 4 months of you taking an interest in the property, or from receipt of a Valuation Notice if an alteration has been made the rateable value.

The Assessor works to statutory proposal disposal dates.  For a revaluation proposal, this must be dealt with by 30^th September in the year prior to the next revaluation.