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The statutory grounds for a formal council tax proposal

The answer: in England, The Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2270), Regs 4 & 6 sets out the grounds under which the VOA is required by law to accept your proposal. You need ONE of the following:

Wales

[GAP] Wales's current governing SI was not independently verified — Welsh letters cite the gov.uk process, not the SI. The published grounds mirror the England process on gov.uk, but PropPulse cites the England SI directly and flags Wales as process-verified-but-SI-unconfirmed rather than guessing at a Welsh statutory instrument.

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Generated 2026-07-07 by PropPulse (The Aslan Group LLC) from the same source-cited legal reference data our paid engine uses. Informational, not legal advice — rules change; verify with the cited instruments and the free official lookups. Contact: info@theaslangroupllc.com