Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet approve the applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for Treeton Community Centre and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Rotherham in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to this report for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years.

Consideration was given to the report which set out the applications for the award of Discretionary Business Rate Relief for Treeton Community Centre and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Rotherham. This was in accordance with the Council’s Discretionary Business Rates Relief Policy which was approved by Cabinet on 12th December, 2016.

Treeton Community Centre was a registered charity who supported and benefitted the residents of Treeton and the surrounding area by running a luncheon club for elderly and disabled residents, a keep fit group, sports groups for children/young people and support groups offering advice and training amongst other activities. The application met the Council’s criteria as set out in the Policy. It was recommended that the application for 2021/22 and 2022/23 be approved.

The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Rotherham was a registered charity and had set up a social supermarket which aimed to provide food for those in needs. It also offered support to those in financial hardship. It was recommended that the application for 2021/22 and 2022/23 be approved.

Section 6 of the report set out the total costs of granting the relief for the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Resolved:-

1.    That Cabinet approve the applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for Treeton Community Centre and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Rotherham in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to the report for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years.