Issue - meetings

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 last considered such applications in July 2012. In addition one application for hardship relief has been received.

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

The report from the Deputy Director of Finance advised that the Council had the discretion to award rate relief to charities or non-profit making bodies. It also had the discretion to remit an individual National Non-Domestic Rate (NNDR) liability in whole or in part on the grounds of hardship. Members considered applications received for discretionary rate relief since the last considered in July 2012. In addition one application for hardship relief had been received which it was recommended to be refused. Councillor R Moher (Lead Member, Finance and Corporate Resources), in introducing the report, reminded the Executive that the total 2012/13 budget available for discretionary spending was £91,000 which was already committed.

The Executive also had before an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, namely:

“Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding the information)”

RESOLVED:

that agreement be given to the discretionary rate relief applications in Appendix 2 to the report from the Deputy Director of Finance and to the rejection of the hardship application in Appendix 3.