Issue - meetings
Applications for NNDR discretionary rate relief
Meeting: 17/10/2011 - Executive (Item 11)
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The Council has the discretion to award rate relief to charities or non-profit making bodies. It also has the discretion to remit an individual National Non-Domestic Rate (NNDR) liability in whole or in part on the grounds of hardship. This report includes applications received for discretionary rate relief since the Executive Committee last considered such applications in May 2011.
Additional documents:
- restricted appendix 4 , View reasons restricted (11/2)
Decision:
(i) that agreement be given to the discretionary rate relief applications in Appendices 2 and 3, and to reject the hardship applications in Appendix 4 of the report;
(ii) that the information provided in Appendix 5 of the report regarding relief granted to businesses who suffered from the riots be noted.
Minutes:
Councillor Butt (Lead Member, Resources) introduced the report on applications for individual National Non-Domestic Rate (NNDR) rate relief which the council has the discretion to award to charities or non-profit making bodies and also to individuals on the grounds of hardship. The report from the Director of Corporate Services included applications received for discretionary rate relief since the Executive last considered such applications in May 2011, two applications for hardship relief and applications had also been received for rate relief from businesses who suffered as a result of the riots/disturbances that occurred during the week of 5 August 2011.
The Executive also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972:
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
RESOLVED:-
(i) that agreement be given to the discretionary rate relief applications in Appendices 2 and 3, and to reject the hardship applications in Appendix 4 of the report from the Director of Finance and Corporate Services;
(ii) that the information provided in Appendix 5 of the report regarding relief granted to businesses who suffered from the riots be noted.