Stuart Hicks FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons)

Head of Rating, Dunlop Heywood; Chair of the RICS Rating Diploma Holders’ Section


Stuart practices in all aspects of rating, advising ratepayers and property owners in respect of their rateable values and rates liability.

He  has a great deal of experience and a strong reputation for advising and conducting rating appeals across the UK and further afield (having been involved in cases in the Republic of Ireland).  He appears regularly as rating valuation expert before the tribunals.

Recently, he has been involved in multi-million pound cases for a number of airports (including Dublin Airport Authority and Belfast International Airport) and a range of infrastructure properties (including Clydeport, Port of Dover, the M50 Tolls and the LUAS, Dublin).

He is Current Chairman of the Executive Committee of the RICS Rating Diploma Holders’ Section.