Issue - meetings

The Assistant Director, Customer & Digital Services, to present a report which provides details of new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief for 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2020 and asks the Executive to approve any new awards, based on cost and the available budget.

Resolved:  That the new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief set out in Annex B to the report be approved.

Reason:     In accordance with officers’ recommendations and to provide a transparent process for awarding DRR.

The Assistant Director, Customer & Digital Services presented a report which provided details of new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief (DRR) from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2020 and invited the Executive to decide whether to approve any new awards.

Existing DRRs were set out in Annex A to the report.  New applications recommended for approval were detailed in Annex B, and declined applications in Annex C.  The applications were for a top up to the 80% mandatory rate relief provided to charities, community amateur sports clubs and not for profit organisations.

Since all existing long term recipients had fallen due for renewal in the April 17 to March 19 cycle, only three new applications were recommended for approval for the period April 18 to March 20, as detailed in Annex B.  Members were invited to approve or decline these.

Resolved:  That the new applications for Discretionary Rate Relief set out in Annex B to the report be approved.

Reason:     In accordance with officers’ recommendations and to provide a transparent process for awarding DRR.