Purpose

The Government has announced the extension of
Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief scheme to support
businesses with their business rates bills from 1 April 2025 to 31
March 2026. The amount of relief will be 40% of the chargeable
amount of business rates, subject to a cash cap.

Decision

On 6 February 2025, Cllr Jeremy Heron, the
Portfolio Holder for Finance and Corporate made the following
decision:

That the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief scheme (Appendix 1)
be approved.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the
Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can
be given to the Monitoring Officer (Tanya Coulter) (in writing or
by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 14 February
2025.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are
attached below.