Decision Maker: Cabinet, Full Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
At Autumn statement 2022 the Chancellor
announced new rate relief schemes for local authorities to provide
additional support to businesses from 1 April 2023. These
being:
• Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) rate relief
scheme
• Supporting Small Business (SSB) relief scheme
• Transitional Relief regulations
As such these new schemes will now be included in the
Council’s discretionary rate relief policy.
That Cabinet recommends to Full Council to adopt the discretionary rate relief schemes as outlined in the Autumn statement 2022 and to ensure that the reliefs are applied to eligible accounts for the financial year 2023/24.
That delegated authority be granted to the Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance, Transformational Change and Corporate Resources to agree further legislative changes to the discretionary rates relief scheme.
Report author: Debbie Vallas
Publication date: 13/02/2023
Date of decision: 09/02/2023
Decided at meeting: 09/02/2023 - Cabinet
Effective from: 21/02/2023
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