Data Management Level 2

Question 1

How do you verify the information you collect from the sources you mention?

Answer 1

• Cross reference the information against the other sites.
• Call the agent/occupier up to ensure the correct information
• Look on land registry to see of there is any information.

Question 2

What data protection infringements could occur?

Answer 2

Data could personally identify people, including:
- Name
- Address
- Company
- Email address

Question 3

Why do you convert information into a presentable format?

Answer 3

To ensure understanding for the client and any other users.
Also, protects any information which could be a data infringement.

Question 4

How do you present the information?

Answer 4

• Table
• Graph
• Written
• Presentation

Question 5

Hope Value Land - Bristol
What is hope value?

Answer 5

Value in excess of existing use value to reflect prospect of some more valuable future use of development.

Question 6

Hope Value Land - Bristol
Why did you save the sales particulars and obtain land registry documents?

Answer 6

To ensure I had all the information available to present to the otherside/client. I obtained the land registry documents to verify the information and ensure it is correct.

Question 7

Hope Value Land - Bristol
How did you ascertain the planning position of the comparables?

Answer 7

• I searched the councils planning website for any planning permissions.
• I had regard to local planning maps to see if the comps were in conservation, greenfield areas or land available for development.

Question 8

Hope Value Land - Bristol
What documents did you have regard to?

Answer 8

• Local plans
• National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
• Planning websites
• Planning maps
• RICS Valuation of development property
• Red Book

Question 9

Hope Value Land - Bristol
How did you save the data?

Answer 9

I saved the data in secured drives which had restricted access to only those working on the case.

Question 10

Hope Value Land - Bristol
How did market reports and speaking to planning agents assist?

Answer 10

Enabled me to confirm and verify the information and comparables I had found. Market reports also gave me an idea of how the market was behaving.

Question 11

Hope Value Land - Bristol
Why did you save the information in secured drives?

Answer 11

• So the information can’t be lost.
• No data infringements
• Information cannot be seen any unauthorised persons.
• Act as an information barrier for any other valuations being undertaken.

Question 12

Office - Birmingham
Did you just use your internal database to collate evidence?

Answer 12

No, I searched external sites such as Costar and Eig auctions for comparable evidence and to verify the information found.

Question 13

Office - Birmingham
Was the table produced compliant with NDR regulations?

Answer 13

Yes, the table was produced in line with the regulation 17 notice which allows the VOA to provide comparable evidence in support of valuations.

Question 14

Office - Birmingham
What information did you redact to ensure compliance with DPA 2018?

Answer 14

• Names
• Addresses
• Company information
• Email Addresses
• Phone numbers
• Financial records / information

Question 15

Asset valuation - Cannock
What was the current planning status of the land?

Answer 15

The land had no live planning permissions so was just grassland.

Question 16

Asset valuation - Cannock
Did the planning status affect your valuation?

Answer 16

Yes, I searched for other similar comparables of grassland with no planning consent.

Question 17

Asset valuation - Cannock
How did you verify the land was in flood zone 3?

Answer 17

I searched the government flood map website and cross-referenced with the SDLT plan provided.

Question 18

Asset valuation - Cannock
How did you save the information?

Answer 18

I saved them in secured drives which are backed up on to a network file. The files are password secured to restrict access to certain people.

Question 19

Asset valuation - Cannock
Did you have the right to access and save this data?

Answer 19

Yes, all the information was publicly available or on internal systems. For the internal information I obtained the land registry documents.