67 Discretionary Non Domestic Rate Relief PDF 84 KB
Minutes:
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.