Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, on an application for discretionary non-domestic rate relief.

The Board was advised that, under Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, the Council was able to grant discretionary rate relief to any business rate payer. Since 1 April 2017, the Council had been responsible for meeting the full cost of all mandatory and discretionary rate relief granted, as part of the Liverpool City Region 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot Scheme.

The report set out the details of three applications which had been received from organisations that were registered as charities.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the request for 15% discretionary rate relief from Stick ’n’ Step for the period 22 April 2017 to 31 March 2019 be approved;

2)    the request for 15% discretionary rate relief from Halton District Citizens Advice Bureau Service  for the period 12 June 2017 to 31 March 2019 be approved; and

3)      the request for 15% discretionary rate relief from Community Integrated Care Ltd for the period 1 November 2016 to 31 March 2019, be rejected on the basis that the organisation operates nationally.