<div dir="ltr">You need to do a google search for "Discretionary Rate Relief Guidelines" and your local authority naem.<div><br></div><div>An extract from the document for our authority below (check for your authority - it may be more or less "generous"!</div><div><br></div><div>Glyn</div><div><br></div><div><i>2. Types of relief
There are two types of business rate relief - Mandatory and Discretionary. The Local Government Finance Act
1988 requires local authorities to grant Mandatory rate relief to the following categories of Business Rates
payer:
• Registered charities.
• Village Post Offices, general stores, specialist food shops, public houses and petrol filling stations -
where they are in a designated rural settlement.
• Registered Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs).
The Local Government Finance Act 1988 also gives local authorities the power to grant Discretionary rate
relief as follows:
• To make a further award on top of Mandatory relief to those categories listed above; and also:
• In respect of sports grounds and clubs;
• To other non-profit making organisations;
• To other rural businesses situated within a designated rural settlement </i></div><div><i>Level 2
Charities
If the organisation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission and the property it occupies is wholly or
mainly used for charitable purposes a mandatory relief of 80% will be granted. South Gloucestershire Council
may increase the level of relief in these cases by allowing Discretionary rate relief up to a further 10%. All the
following conditions are normally required to be met: *
Mandatory rate relief is not awarded to Not-for-profit organisations, but South Gloucestershire Council may
award up to 80% Discretionary rate relief.</i></div><div><i>Level 3
The criteria normally used for level 3 are set out below:
Charities:
Group - all measured by community benefit Discretionary rate relief %
(based on community benefit)
All awards capped at maximum
£5000
Youth organisations (e.g. scouts, guides, cadets, youth clubs) Up to 10%
Local Charities/Charity Shops - operating predominately inside South Up to 10%
Gloucestershire
Local Charities/Charity Shops - operating partially inside South Gloucestershire Up to 5%
National Charities 0%
Charity sports clubs, public leisure facilities with RV of over £11,000 Up to 5%
Charity sports clubs, public leisure facilities with RV of under £11,000 Up to 10%
Charities not included in above categories Up to 5%
Community centre/ village halls Up to 10%
Community Associations Up to 10%
Museums/heritage site/memorial Up to 10%
Educational establishments (Pre-schools, nurseries, playgroups, toddler groups) Up to 10%
- Not part/franchise of an organisation operating outside South Gloucestershire
Educational establishments - All other educational establishments 0%
Housing Associations 0%<br> </i></div><div><i>.</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 December 2017 at 17:20, Ray C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rayc1066@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rayc1066@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691">Hi guys</div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691"><br></div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr">As we are in a bit of a pickle with our council who wishes to treat us a commercial organisation but use us for free to advertise all their own services can anyone help by letting us know if the are receiving 100% relief or thereabouts on business rates.</div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr">Your help will be much appreciate.</div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr">Kind Regards</div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr">Ray Siddique</div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr">Asian Star Radio </div><div id="m_-2555633166613893792yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1512750183926_3691" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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