I did one on the disability reduction for Council Tax a couple of years ago. It came across as a lot more formal than TAS appeals, but I also felt that we had the tribunal on our side throughout from the grilling they gave the Council officer.
The main differences to TAS were that the LA argued the case a lot more aggressively than they do for benefit appeals, and the people involved in the later cases are in the seats behind you, waiting for their cases to be heard. They gave a verbal decision on the day and the written one (more like a Statement of Reasons) came in the post about a month later. If I remember rightly decisions are persuasive on other Valuation Tribunals, so if you can find any helpful caselaw it's a good start.
There's some useful info on their website: http://www.valuation-tribunals.gov.uk/
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