British Land - Annual Report & Accounts 2003
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Notes to the Financial Statements

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11 Investment, development and trading properties
       
  Freehold
£m
Long Leasehold
£m
Short Leasehold
£m
Total
£m

Investment and development properties      
Valuation and cost 1 April 2002 7,239.5 288.8   7,528.3
Additions 568.7 38.0   606.7
Disposals (70.6)     (70.6)
Reallocation 14.2 (14.2)  
Exchange fluctuations 8.2     8.2
Revaluations (22.6) 35.2   12.6

Valuation and cost 31 March 2003 7,737.4 347.8   8,085.2

Trading properties      
At lower of cost and net realisable value      
31 March 2003 36.8 8.4 1.0 46.2

External valuation surplus on development and trading properties       87.9

Total investment, development and trading properties     8,219.3


Investment, development and trading properties were valued by external valuers on the basis of open market value in accordance with the Appraisal and Valuation Manual published by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

    £m

United Kingdom: ATIS REAL Weatheralls 8,005.4
  FPD Savills 154.5
Republic of Ireland: Jones Lang LaSalle 74.6
Netherlands: CB Richard Ellis B.V. 1.1
   
    8,235.6
Adjustment for UITF 28 – lease incentive debtors (16.3)

Total investment, development and trading properties 8,219.3


  £m

Total external valuation surplus on development and trading properties
British Land Group 87.9
Share of joint ventures 1.4

  89.3


Properties valued at £5,788.2m (2002: £5,738.2m) were charged to secure Group borrowings. Of the total secured debt of £662.4m (note 19) only £476.8m has recourse to the Group. Cumulative interest capitalised in investment and trading properties amounts to £22.9m and £nil (2002: £14.8m and £nil) respectively. Included in the leasehold properties is an amount of £13.7m in respect of property occupied by the Group. The historical cost of properties was £6,153.4m (2002: £5,591.4m).

2003 2002
£m £m

Total property valuations including share of joint ventures    
British Land Group:    

Investment and development properties

  8,085.2 7,528.3

Trading properties

  46.2 47.0

External valuation surplus on development and trading properties

  87.9 108.6

Adjustment for UITF 28 – lease incentive debtors

  16.3 7.7
 
    8,235.6 7,691.6
 
Share of joint ventures:    

Properties

  1,404.8 1,601.3

External valuation surplus on development and trading properties

  1.4 5.5

Adjustment for UITF 28 – lease incentive debtors

  3.8 1.9
 
    1,410.0 1,608.7

Total property portfolio valuation   9,645.6 9,300.3



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