Issue - meetings

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

The Board was advised that the Council became responsible for meeting the full cost of all mandatory and discretionary rate relief from 1 April 2017, as part of the Liverpool City Region 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot Scheme.

Details of two applications received were set out in the report. One was from a not-for-profit organisation that worked with young people in the community, based in Widnes. The second was from a registered charity also based in Widnes, which automatically received 80% mandatory relief with a 15% discretionary top-up rate relief from the Council. Members considered and discussed the individual merits of each application.

RESOLVED: That

1)    Discretionary Rate Relief of 90% be awarded to Power in Partnership Ltd, from 4 January 2016 until 31 March 2022; and

2)    the application for an additional 5% Discretionary Rate Relief from Widnes Sea Cadet Corps in respect of their premises in Cliffe Street, Widnes, be refused.