List Year
Number (4) List year of the rating list.
Property Identifiers
Billing Authority
Code Character (4)
Code representing Billing Authority (can have a leading zero).
A list of BA codes is provided at Appendix 1
BA Reference
Number Character (25) Reference number supplied by BA and normally used for billing
purposes.
SCAT Code And Suffix
Character (4)
Code used by the VOA to group properties together for operational purposes.
A full list of SCAT Codes is provided at Appendix 2
Unique Address Reference Number UARN
Number (11) VOA Internal key
Postcode
Character (8) Postcode of hereditament as recorded by VOA
Useful source of postcode data
https://www.doogal.co.uk/UKPostcodes
Dates
Effective Date
Date (11) Format
Date the current assessment came into effect.
List Alteration Date
Date on which List entry was created or last amended
Date (11) Format DD-MON-YYYY.
Valuations
Assessment Reference
Number (11)
Unique numeric key for an assessment, irrespective of the status of the assessment or List Year.
This is a system generated number so can be used to assess sequence of events
Rateable Value
Number (10) Rateable value is an assessment of the open market rental value of
the property on the prescribed valuation date.
Total Area
Number (12, 2) Total area of the line items for the property (m2)
Sub Total
Number (10) Total value of the line items for the property.
Total Value
Number (10) Total calculated value of the property.
Adopted RV
Number (10) The rateable value for the property as shown in the rating list.