Issue - meetings

This report provides Cabinet with details of new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2017.  The paper sets out the council’s available budget and asks Members to approve any new awards based upon available funding.        

Resolved: That Cabinet approve the new applications for discretionary rate relief set out at Annex A of the report;

Reason:     To provide a transparent process for awarding discretionary rate relief as approved by Cabinet in February 2013. 

Members considered a report which set out details of new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief (DRR) received by the Council for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2017.

Information had been provided on the areas where DRR could be awarded together with details of the qualifying criteria under which each application had been assessed. Annex A of the report set out the organisations and clubs recommended to receive top up discretionary relief for 2 years from April 2015 and Annex B, existing organisations who did not reapply and those that applied but had been declined.

Consideration was then given to the following options:

Option 1 – Approve the new applications for discretionary rate relief set out at Annex A;

Option 2 – Decline the new application of discretionary rate relief set out at Annex A.

Resolved: That Cabinet approve the new applications for discretionary rate relief set out at Annex A of the report. ^1.

Reason: To provide a transparent process for awarding discretionary rate relief as approved by Cabinet in February 2013.