Business rate relief of 50% is available for
ratepayers occupying a single property with a rateable value up to
£5,000. Relief declines in percentage terms on a sliding scale
until it is 0% at £10,000.
The relief is only available to ratepayers with
either:
- one property, or
- one main property and other additional
properties providing those additional properties have rateable
values less than £2,200.
In addition ratepayers who meet the above
conditions but their property has a rateable value of between
£10,000 and £14,999 will have their bill calculated using a lower
multiplier.
Currently ratepayers have to make an application
each year, but the Government has recently consulted on changing
this to require an application every five years. To make an
application please complete the
small business rate
relief application form (PDF: 49Kb / 4 pages), this also
includes further information about the scheme.
For further information:
- Contact: Recovery and
Enforcement Team, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
- Telephone: (01768) 212217 /
212247 / 212221 / 212189
- Email:
recovery@eden.gov.uk
- Fax: (01768) 890653
