Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

1.    That the application for Hardship Relief be refused.

The Council had received an application for Business Rates Hardship Relief that did not meet the Council’s qualifying criteria. In line with the Council’s Business Rates Discretionary Relief Policy, having regard to the financial cost of the proposed relief, it was recommended that Hardship Relief be refused.

The details of the organisation were exempt under Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as to disclose the applicant’s business financial information could jeopardise the reputation of the business and place competitors at an unfair advantage. The details were available to Cabinet Members in exempt Appendix 1 to the report.

Resolved:-

1.    That the application for Hardship Relief be refused.