Glossary

Revaluation

A complete re-banding of every home. England has never had one; Wales did in 2003.

A revaluation is a bulk exercise where the VOA reassigns every home a band based on current values. Wales revalued in 2003, changing about a third of bands. England's last valuation was 1991 and no revaluation has ever been announced — meaning today's bands still reflect a 34-year-old snapshot of the property market.

Related terms

1991 valuation
The date every English council tax band is set from — 1 April 1991. Never updated since.
Aggregate valuation
The 1991 approach of valuing many homes at once from limited data — the reason so many bands are wrong.

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