Pubs and live music venues relief
The 2026/27 pubs and live music venues relief scheme will provide eligible occupied properties with 15% relief, up to a subsidy control cap limit of £110,000 per annum per business (£315,000 per 3 years). This relief will apply on top of any transitional relief or supporting small business relief you are eligible for.
For businesses affected by this relief, your business rates bill has been issued with the relief applied for the full year to 31 March 2027. Any resulting liability will be payable by instalments from 1 April 2026 as this is the first date that a liability and payments become due.
If your business has received its business rates bill, and you have not had the discount applied but you believe you may be eligible, please complete and return the pub and live music venues relief application form 2026-27 (PDF 526KB).
Should you not wish to receive these discounts, perhaps due to the potential for breaching the monetary cap as highlighted above, please download and complete the pub and live music venues relief refusal form 2026-27 (PDF 762KB) or contact us by email at businessrates@lambeth.gov.uk. The discount will then be removed, and a revised bill issued.
These changes will have effect for 2026/27 only.
See guidance on the pubs and live music venues relief scheme 2026-27 on Gov.UK.