Decision

Summary of
Decision:
The Rating Advisory Panel has set out the
reasons for the recommendations in each case considered by the
Panel in the recommendations in Appendix A.
 
Background
Information
The Rating Advisory Panel is an advisory
body of elected members.
The Rating Advisory Panel considers
applications for NNDR Discretionary and Hardship relief and makes
recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Finance and Council
Reform. The Cabinet Member is then asked to determine the
applications for Discretionary and Hardship relief having regard to
the recommendations of the Rating Advisory Panel.
The Localism Act 2011,
which came into effect on 1 April 2012, amends Section 47 of the
Local Government Finance Act 1988 to allow local authorities to
grant Discretionary reliefs to any ratepayer, subject to the
European rules on State Aid. This relief is known as a ‘Local
Discount’.