Objection to property valuation
Common and reasonable grounds for lodging an objection to a property valuation may include circumstances where:
- the capital improved value of the property has increased more than the market value of comparable properties in your area, and you have not undertaken any significant improvements to the property in recent years; or
- you have grounds to believe your property would be unlikely to fetch a price similar to the capital improved value if you were to attempt to sell your property this year; or
- you recently purchased the property for an amount substantially different than the capital improved value; or
- you disagree with your Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund Levy land classification/Australian Valuation Property Classification Code (AVPCC).
If you have reasonable grounds to believe your property has been incorrectly valued, you have a right to lodge an objection within 60 days of the issue date of your Rates Notice.
Other objections
Please contact the Rates team immediately to discuss your concerns.
Valuation of Land Act 1960
The Valuation of Land Act 1960 can be viewed here.
Who may object?
Under section 16 of the Valuation of Land Act 1960, a person aggrieved by a valuation of any land made or caused to be made by a valuation authority may lodge a written objection to that valuation, on any one or more of the grounds set out in section 17, with the authority that gave the notice of valuation.
Grounds for objection
Under section 17 of the Valuation of Land Act 1960,The grounds for an objection are:
(a) that the value assigned is too high or too low;
(b) that the interests held by various persons in the land have not been correctly apportioned;
(c) that the apportionment of the valuation is not correct;
(d) that lands that should have been included in one valuation have been valued separately;
(e) that lands that should have been valued separately have been included in one valuation;
(f) that the person named in the notice of valuation, assessment notice or other document is not liable to be so named;
(g) that the area, dimensions or description of the land including the AVPCC allocated to the land are not correctly stated in the notice of valuation, assessment notice or other document.