Decision details

That Cabinet recommends that Full Council adopts Options 1 and 4 within this

report, namely that:

Backdating provisions which mirror the current legislative backdating rules are adopted within the Discretionary Rate Relief Policy. Awards will be considered from the date the application is received.  In exceptional circumstances consideration may be given to awarding rate relief for a retrospective period where the ratepayer can demonstrate good cause for not submitting the application earlier, subject to the following constraints relating to discretionary awards:

i)                 If the application is received by 30 September, the award can be backdated to 1 April of the previous financial year.

ii)               If the application is received after 30 September, the award can only be backdated to 1 April of the current financial year.

iii)              that relief can be amended or ceased by the Council at any such time (determined on a daily basis) as the Council considers that the ratepayer no longer meets the criteria for receiving the relief.     

and

That any future changes required to the Discretionary Rate Relief Policy are passed for delegated decision to the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Finance and the s151 Officer, in conjunction with the Monitoring Officer, if appropriate.