Your organisation must be charitable, religious or concerned with education, social welfare, science, literature, the fine arts or the property must be used by a non-profit-making organisation wholly or mainly for the purpose of recreation.

To apply for relief, we will need you to complete and return an application form. You will also need to provide us with a copy of your Organsations' Objects and Articles to show why it was established and a copy of your last 3 years’ Audited Accounts. This will allow us to confirm whether your organisation makes profits and what happens to them.

 

There is no automatic entitlement to discretionary relief, decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, and judged on a set of policy guidelines and criteria by a Council  appointed committee. To obtain an application form or for more information on rate relief, please contact the Revenues Service on 01233 330720.

 

You will be notified of all decisions in writing. The Council can only consider backdating discretionary relief to a certain date. If you think you may qualify, you should make an application promptly.

 

Please note that you must pay as billed while your application is being considered. If you are unable to pay please contact the Revenues Service on 01233 330720 or email the Revenues Service Team

 

If during this period you receive any notices from us regarding non-payment, please contact he Revenues Service immediately so that we can come to some form of payment arrangement.