Renewable Installations Business rates
- Thread starter Bob
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Matt
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- Location
- herefordshire, uk
How come you had a assessment. Are you already a rate payer or was this out of the blue
- Location
- Northumberland
Just had a letter from the VOA. Apparently my 80kW turbine is going to have a rateable value of £9675 from April. I thought £14/kW was the sort of figure, not £120. There's something about micro power generators's exemption ceasing from April - does anyone know more about this? Might I still qualify for small business relief?
Doing it for the kids
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Ouch!!
Is this just on wind farms or solar / biomass too
Is this just on wind farms or solar / biomass too
- Location
- Northumberland
Ouch indeed. Just trying to work out if this is right or if they think I've got 30MW behind the yard. Can't find any decent info yet.
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Normally tenant, pays business rates.
If the turbine, pv etc is generating and metered back through farm meter, so farmer gets the bulk of production , it is assumed to be agricultural and non rateable ( at present).
If the turbine, pv etc is generating and metered back through farm meter, so farmer gets the bulk of production , it is assumed to be agricultural and non rateable ( at present).
- Location
- South Wales UK
The non domestic rhi is only payable to rates paying businesses anyhow ???
Doing it for the kids
Member
Got a letter from the Valuations Office notifying me that the new 2017 valuations are available to view www.gov.uk/voa/revaluation, my 500kw wind turbine has increased from £10,500 Rateable Value to £33,000!!!! You have until 30th November to appeal. I would advise everyone to check theirs
- Location
- Northumberland
That's a bit different from mine - it says that it can be challenged after 1/4/17. Have no option otherwise as it's not currently listed. I take it that you can find yours after entering your postcode? I wonder how they are doing their sums if 80kW has a rateable value of nearly £10k and 500kW is £33k?
Doing it for the kids
Member
Nothing on mine either, got pv and biomass on both sites
- Location
- South Wales UK
Are you saying that all farms pay business rates then
?
No rates on farms ?
But non domestic applications for rhi required copy of business rates for installation ???
Doing it for the kids
Member
None of mine ever did
- Location
- Northumberland
Just had a wee search, 2 local wind farms, 12MW & 54MW @ £275k and £1.02m (down from 1.2 this year).
Doing it for the kids
Member
£1m on 54 MW doesn't sound like a lot relative to income, does it?
I just entered my postcode and they appear.
I have not worked out any logic to it?? Have another 500Kw in an adjacent field which I have in a different business ownership, presently it is valued at £10,000 and are proposing a RV of £22,000 looked at some other 500Kw Turbines in the region, most seem to be getting increased two or three fold and some don't seem to be listed.
Our turbine's been working for a couple of years now but we've never had any communication from the local council about rates. Does everyone have to pay these and if so why have we not been contacted? Bit of a worry now seeing the figures in this thread.
- Location
- South Molton
Did anyone really think the government wouldn't get "their" money back somehow?
They contacted me and billed from date of commissioning. I think the local councillor may have tipped them off!!