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Unit 4 Shaftesbury Farm, Lindsey Street, Epping CM16 6RE

Car showroom & premises · VOA assessment 31369150000 · Epping Forest

Produced 8 November 2026, 08:37 (UK time)

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NO OBVIOUS ISSUES

Your valuation is in line with similar warehouses

You pay £58.50/m², the same as similar warehouses in your VOA valuation scheme. Nothing in the published data points to an overpayment, but a 2-minute self-check of your facts is still worth doing.

Your bill this year

£4,032after relief

£6,048 before Small Business Rate Relief, if this is your only business property.

Every £100 off your rateable value ≈ £229 a year off your bill
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Is this your only business property? If so, at £14,000 Small Business Rate Relief takes about 33% off your bill, and we show your figures after it below. If your business has more than one property, relief doesn't apply.

My business has more than one property

What we found

4 checks · 2026 rating list
Rateable valueIn lineIn line with the group
Why?

Your warehouse space is valued at £58.50/m². We compared it with 2 similar warehouses in your VOA valuation scheme: yours is in line with the group.

What each of the 2 pays is in the Full Report.

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Floor spaceLooks rightConsistent: no sign of an over-measured area
Why?

The Valuation Office's record of your floor space is in line with your energy certificate (2014).

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AllowancesNo gap foundNo allowance gap found
Why?

Allowances reduce your rateable value for drawbacks such as poor access, an awkward layout, low ceilings, no loading bay or disruption from building works nearby.

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ReliefsRight on the lineSmall business rate relief tapers to zero at £15,000.
Why?

Small business rate relief tapers to zero at £15,000. At £14,000 you get about 33% off if this is your only business property: make sure you've claimed it. Below £12,000 the bill would be nil. If the property is empty, you may pay nothing for the first 6 months (industrial).

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Current rateable value
£14,000
Expected rateable value
£14,000
Your bill this year
£4,032
after Small Business Rate Relief · £6,048 before reliefs
Relief you're getting
about 33% off
100% off at £12,000 · tapers to 0% at £15,000

How your bill is worked out →

What if
If a re-measurement found 10% less floor space → about £2,943 a yearIf the VO gave a 5% allowance → about £1,542 a yearIf your rateable value fell to £12,000 → about £4,032 a year

These are what-ifs, not findings. A Check can correct your valuation upwards as well as down. What the evidence supports: Fact-Check Pack

What happens next

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1Get the Fact-Check Pack

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2Self-check

  • Is the floor area right? Compare with your lease plan.
  • Is the description right (car showroom & premises, not something else)?
  • Any drawback the Valuation Office may not know: access, layout, no lift, no loading?
  • Is the property empty, or could you claim a relief?
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Reliefs

3Claim your relief

Small Business Rate Relief from Epping Forest Council. Not automatic.

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Only if a fact is wrong: start a Check on GOV.UK. Free, online, and the pack gives you the figures.

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This is an estimate, not a guaranteed saving. BusinessRateChecker compares your property against similar ones in the official rating list to flag where your rateable value looks high. The figures shown — including any suggested rateable value, annual saving or backdated refund — are indicative and depend on the evidence the Valuation Office Agency (VOA, now part of HMRC) accepts. The actual outcome could be higher, lower, or nil, and in rare cases a review can leave a value unchanged or increased. Nothing here is a valuation, financial or legal advice; it's information to help you decide whether to look into your bill further.

Independent service — not endorsed by the VOA/HMRC. BusinessRateChecker is an independent service. We use published rating-list data under licence, but the Valuation Office Agency (now part of HMRC) does not endorse, back, verify or take any responsibility for this site, our comparisons or our estimates. Official rateable values and any formal decisions come only from the VOA/HMRC.

Figures use the Valuation Office's published 2026 rating list and the 2026/27 multiplier (43.2p), before any relief, except where we show a figure after Small Business Rate Relief: that assumes the business occupies one property and has claimed the relief. What-if figures are illustrations, not findings. A Check reopens your valuation, and the VO can correct facts upwards as well as down. Contains VOA data © Crown copyright.

Report produced 8 November 2026, 08:37 (UK time), from figures calculated on 4 November 2026. The figures are correct at that date and time and may change, for example with changes to government or council policy or to the VO's rating list.

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