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Local Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme 2019/20

Meeting: 14/01/2019 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Local Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme 2019/20 PDF 69 KB

Additional documents:

Enc. 1 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920, item 6 PDF 60 KB
Enc. 2 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920, item 6 PDF 57 KB
Enc. 3 for Local Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief and Retail Discount Schemes 201920, item 6 PDF 340 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. For Cabinet to review and agree the Local Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme for 2019/20

2. For Cabinet to agree the new Retail Discount Scheme for 2019/20

Minutes:

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report, thanking officers for their hard work and stating that it was important to support businesses where the Council was able to. The Cabinet Member for Finance advised that business rates are not set by the Local Authority but by Central Government. It was noted that 530 businesses would benefit from the scheme if approved.

The Director of Corporate Services advised the Cabinet that it was anticipated that the scheme would be in place before the bills were sent out to businesses.

The Chair responded that it was positive that the businesses that benefitted did not have to apply for the scheme but would be contacted by the Council.