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Rate relief for businesses in rural areas
In this section
- Retail Relief
- Transitional Relief
- Charity and community amateur sports club relief
- Rate relief for businesses in rural areas
- Hardship relief
- Discretionary rate relief - not for profit organisations
- Empty, unoccupied properties
- Part occupied properties
- Small business rates relief
- Supporting small business relief
- Green Reliefs
Rate relief for businesses in rural areas-
Certain types of businesses in rural areas, where the population is below 3000, may qualify for mandatory rate relief of 100%.
To qualify for mandatory relief a property must be situated within a rural settlement area named on the Council's rural settlement list and must be:
a food shop or sole general store or sole post office with a rateable value less than £8500 a public house or petrol filling station with a rateable value less than £12500 Other businesses that may qualify for discretionary relief must be situated within a rural settlement area named on the Council's rural settlement list, have a rateable value less than £16000, and be providing a business which is of benefit to the local community.
To examine whether you may qualify under this jurisdiction please contact us.
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