117 Discretionary Non Domestic Rate Relief PDF 84 KB
Minutes:
The Board
considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and
Resources, on two applications for discretionary non-domestic rate relief.
The Board was
advised that under the amended provisions of the Local Government Finance Act
1988, the Council was able to grant discretionary rate relief to any business
rate payer. Since 1 April 2017, the Council had been responsible for meeting
the full cost of all mandatory and discretionary rate relief granted, as part
of the Liverpool City Region 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot Scheme.
The report set
out details of two applications from two registered charities, for Members’
consideration.
RESOLVED:
That
1)
the application for
discretionary rate relief from Vision Enhancement Services/Deafness Support
Centre in respect of 126 Widnes Road, Widnes, be refused on the grounds that
the organisation also operates in Cheshire West and Chester, Flintshire,
Denbighshire, Cheshire East, Wrexham and Conwy, and the Deafness Support Centre
operates nationally; and
2)
the application for
discretionary rate relief from the Cathie Stankevitch
Foundation in respect of Unit 20, Albert Square, Widnes, be approved.