Investment, development and trading properties

 
 
Freehold
£m
Long leasehold
£m
Short leasehold
£m
Total
£m
Total Group property portfolio valuation       9,844.4
Investment and development properties        
Valuation and cost 1 April 2004 8,857.0 386.5 7.7 9,251.2
Additions 87.5 44.7   132.2
Disposals (16.3)     (16.3)
Reallocation (21.9) 22.0 (0.1)  
Exchange fluctuations 1.1     1.1
Revaluations 314.2 10.2 1.1 325.5
Valuation and cost 30 September 2004 9,221.6 463.4 8.7 9,693.7
Trading properties        
At lower of cost and net realisable value 30 September 2004 27.1 8.4 0.5 36.0
External valuation surplus on development and trading properties       80.2
Adjustment for UITF 28-lease incentive debtors       34.5

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
Total Group property portfolio valuation   9,844.4
United Kingdom: ATIS REAL Weatheralls 9,547.1
  FPD Savills 246.5
Republic of Ireland: Jones Lang LaSalle 49.8
Netherlands: CB Richard Ellis B.V. 1.0
  £m
  82.9
Total external valuation surplus on development and trading properties  
British Land Group 80.2
Share of joint ventures 2.7

Properties valued at £6,513.3 million (31 March 2004: £6,672.8 million; 30 September 2003: £5,772.8 million) were subject to a security interest and other properties of non-recourse companies amounted to £40.4 million (31 March 2004: £84.3 million; 30 September 2003: £nil).

31 March
2004
£m
 
 
 
 
2004
£m
 
2003
£m
10,639.4 Total property portfolio valuation 11,065.9 9,649.1
  Total property valuations including share of joint ventures    
  British Land Group:    
9,251.2 Investment and development properties 9,693.7 8,140.7
41.6 Trading properties 36.0 43.7
92.7 External valuation surplus on development and trading properties 80.2 63.7
27.6 Adjustment for UITF 28-lease incentive debtors 34.5 30.6
9,413.1   9,844.4 8,278.7
  Share of joint ventures:    
1,221.8 Properties 1,216.6 1,364.9
2.3 External valuation surplus on development and trading properties 2.7 2.0
2.2 Adjustment for UITF 28-lease incentive debtors 2.2 3.5
1,226.3   1,221.5 1,370.4