Decision details

Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Rate Relief Scheme

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Finance and Corporate

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

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 2024 to 31 March 2025.

Decision:

On 20 February 2024, 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 Tuesday 27 February 2024.

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

Reasons for the decision:

See Report

Alternative options considered:

See Report

Declarations of Interest(s): The Portfolio Holder declared a non-pecuniary interest for transparency purposes. The nature of the interest was his employment by Keystone Cars Ltd, as a business falling within the category of retail. They are, as any other retail, leisure or hospitality business are, eligible for the proposed scheme.

Contact: Ryan Stevens, Service Manager - Revenues, Benefits and Customer Services Email: ryan.stevens@nfdc.gov.uk.

Publication date: 20/02/2024

Effective from: 28/02/2024

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