Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director for Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

1.             That Cabinet approve the applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations listed in Section 1 of the report in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to this report for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years.

Consideration was given to the report submitted to consider the applications for the award of Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations listed in Section 1 of the report.  This is in accordance with the Council’s Discretionary Business Rates Relief Policy (approved by Cabinet on 12th December 2016).

Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act (LGFA) 1988 conveyed power on local authorities to allow discretionary relief that would be additional to the mandatory relief. This was given when the property was used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes by a charity or other non-profit body whose main objects are charitable or benevolent, or concerned with education, social welfare, science, literature or the arts.

The recommendations were then proposed and seconded.

There were 5 applications made which were listed in Section 1 of the report.

It was noted that the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health did not vote on this item in accordance with his declaration of interest.

Resolved: That Cabinet:

1.     Approved the applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for the organisations listed in Section 1 of the report in accordance with the details set out in Section 6 to this report for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years.