• Electoral registers revised

    The electoral registers were revised for 1 December.  We are pleased to report that almost 95,000 households responded to the annual canvass using digital media – this is a significant increase on the 80,000 households who responded online in 2016 and helps us to keep our postage and processing costs down. The 1 December 2017 […]

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  • Shooting rights and deer forests

    The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 removed the exemption from non-domestic rates that had applied to shooting rights and deer forests from 1 April 2017.   This means that shooting rights over land and deer forests are now valued for rating purposes.  We issued valuation notices for the bulk of subjects over the last week that […]

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  • Revaluation Appeal deadline

    The deadline for making an appeal against the revaluation values that were published on 15 March 2017 and came into force on 1 April 2017 is Saturday 30 September 2017.  The quickest way to lodge an appeal is to go to www.saa.gov.uk and complete the online appeal application.   For more detail on the valuation […]

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  • Aberdeenshire Council by-election – Inverurie and District – 12 October

    A by-election to elect a new councillor for Ward 11 Inverurie and District will be held on 12 October.  If you have changed address and need to update your details on the electoral register, please use the register to vote button at the foot of this page.  The deadline for updating your details is 26 […]

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  • Holidays over? Time to make sure you have responded to your canvass form

    With school holidays over we hope that everyone will make sure they respond to their canvass.  If you respond online it saves taxpayer funds. Online responses to the annual issue of household enquiry forms have increased by 30% when compared to 2016. Go to  householdresponse.com/grampian  and key in the two security numbers provided on the […]

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  • Household canvass – go online to save public money

    Canvass forms will be delivered to addresses in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray this week.  They help us keep the electoral register up to date by asking each household to confirm who is living at their address. Save public money by responding online.  Go to  householdresponse.com/grampian  and key in the two security numbers provided on the household […]

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  • Annual Accounts

    A Public Notice relating to the annual accounts of Grampian Valuation Joint Board for the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 can be viewed here – Annual Accounts 2016-17

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  • Moray Council by-election – Ward 6 Elgin City North

    A by-election to elect a new councillor for Ward 6 Elgin City North will be held on 13 July.  If you have changed address and need to update your details on the electoral register, please use the register to vote button at the foot of this page.  The deadline for updating your details is 27 […]

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  • UK Parliamentary election – 8 June

    It is now too late to apply to vote by post or proxy unless you become ill or your employment circumstances change unexpectedly so that you cannot attend your polling station in person on 8 June. If you do become ill or your work unexpectedly takes you away from home on polling day so that […]

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  • Registration and postal voting application deadlines passed for UK election on 8 June – but it is not too late to appoint a proxy.

    The registration deadline and period for applying to vote by post on 8 June have now passed. If you have changed address and not updated your registration details in time for the election on 8 June, you can still apply to vote by proxy where you can ask someone you trust to vote on your […]

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