26 July 2023
Your request
Please can you provide me with the following information under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000:-
Within the individual billing authorities you administer, if more than one, if possible, please give information at individual billing authority level.
- What percentage of all hereditaments in your billing authority that are entered into the rating list have been awarded Business Rates Relief: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme for the current 2023/24 rate year.
- Please give a complete list of the description of properties that have been awarded Business Rates Relief: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme for the current 2023/24 rate year. By ‘description’ we mean the property description as entered into the rating list by the valuation office.
- Is Business Rates Relief: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme for the current 2023/24 rate year automatically awarded or does it need to be requested/applied for by the rate payer or their agent.
- If automatically awarded, please specify the description of property that is automatically awarded Business Rates Relief: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme for the current 2023/24 rate year. By ‘description’ we mean the property description as entered into the list by the valuation office.
Our response
- Total Properties = 9020
Retail Relief = 1590
percentage = 17.63%
2. See attached list
4. It was auto awarded based on the list we have attached in relation to points B and D. Those not auto awarded could complete an application form, alternatively those awarded were sent a letter with the option to “opt out” of receiving the relief.
4. See attached list
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