Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, on an application for non-domestic rate relief.

          The Board was advised that from 1 April 2017, the Council was responsible for meeting the full cost of all mandatory and discretionary relief granted, as part of the Liverpool City Region 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot Scheme.

          An application from Active Nation UK Limited, a registered charity operating nationally, had been received. It was reported that, as the organisation was a registered charity, there was automatic qualification for 80% mandatory relief. The organisation had applied for 15% discretionary relief, and the costs associated with this were set out in the report.

          It was noted that historically, the Board had supported such applications from locally based charities and had rejected those from charities which operated nationally.

          RESOLVED: That the request for 15% discretionary rate relief from Active Nation UK Limited for the period 6 February 2017 to 31 March 2019, be refused on the grounds of being a charity which operates nationally.