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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 April 2012. In addition 2 applications for hardship relief have been received.

that agreement be given to the discretionary rate relief applications in Appendices 2 and 3 of the report from the Director of Finance and Corporate Services, and the hardship applications in Appendix 4 rejected.

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 liability in whole or in part on the grounds of hardship. Councillor R Moher (Lead Member, Finance and Corporate Resources) introduced the report from the Director of Finance and Corporate Services which set out applications received for discretionary rate relief since the Executive last considered such applications in April 2012. Additionally, two applications for hardship relief had been received set out in the appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 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:-

that agreement be given to the discretionary rate relief applications in Appendices 2 and 3 of the report from the Director of Finance and Corporate Services, and the hardship applications in Appendix 4 rejected.