Welsh land and property data landscape

Valuations, rates, transactions and other datasets for land and property

Land Registry price paid

Price Paid Data tracks property sales in England and Wales submitted to HM Land Registry for registration. Price Paid Data is based on the raw data released each month.

• Custodian: HM Land Registry
• Documentation
• Identifier: Transaction unique identifier

VOA Rating lists

Valuation Officers are required by law to periodically compile and maintain a local rating list for each Billing Authority. In England and Wales there are currently around 350 billing authorities. There are typically around 2 million properties shown in English and Welsh local rating lists at any one time.

Every entry in a rating list includes a rateable value. Around 80% of our rateable values are supported by a regular site and building survey. The remaining 20% use more specialised surveys, or are based on construction costs or annual accounts.¹

• Identifier: Incrementing Entry Number
• Custodian: Valuation Office Agency
• Documentation

Billing Authority Codes

Billing authority code – a unique identifier for (council tax) billing authorities. ²³⁴

• Custodian: Valuation Office Agency
• Documentation (see appendix 1 for a full list)

1. https://voaratinglists.blob.core.windows.net/html/documents/2017%20Compiled%20List%20and%20SMV%20Data%20Specification.pdf ↩

2. https://www.valuationtribunal.gov.uk/billing-authorities-2/ ↩

3. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-challenges-and-changes-2017-and-2010-rating-lists-december-2021/background-information ↩

4. https://voaratinglists.blob.core.windows.net/html/documents/2017%20Compiled%20List%20and%20SMV%20Data%20Specification.pdf ↩