Business Rates Consultation 2017

Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council - A local scheme for discretionary relief for Business Rates Consultation questionnaire.

What is a local scheme of discretionary rate relief?

In the Government's Spring Budget in March 2017 the Chancellor announced £300m of extra funding for local authorities to provide a local scheme of discretionary relief to businesses facing increases in their Business Rates bills as the result of the 2017 revaluation.

The distribution of the grant available to each Council was based on the number of properties where bills have increased by more than 12.5% and where the 2017 Rateable Value is less than £200,000.

Ratepayers will only be able to receive discretionary relief if they satisfy the rules about De Minimis State Aid. This means that a business cannot receive more than €200,000 of financial help in a rolling three-year period.

The grant funding available to Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council for 2017/18 is £57,400 and £93,089 respectively.

What is this consultation about?

This consultation asks a number of questions about how the relief should be distributed and whether certain groups of ratepayers should be excluded from receiving a reduction.

We would like to know whether you think these proposals should form the basis of the criteria that are used to award discretionary relief.

Your answers are important to us so please let us know what you think.

Sorry - The consultation closed at 5pm on Friday 13th October 2017

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