Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Operational Director, Finance on an application for discretionary non-domestic rate relief.

The Board was advised that under the amended provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, the Council was able to grant discretionary rate relief to any business rate payer. The Council currently met the full cost of all mandatory and discretionary relief granted, as part of the Liverpool City Region 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot Scheme.

An application had been received for discretionary rate relief, as outlined in the report. It was noted that the organisation was not a registered charity or considered to be a charity by HMRC for tax purposes, so the 80% mandatory relief was not applicable.

RESOLVED: That the application for 90% discretionary rate relief from Power in Partnership Ltd in relation to its premises at 5 Alcock Street, Runcorn, and Unit 1a Halton Lodge Local Centre, Whitchurch Way, Halton Lodge, Runcorn, be approved from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022.