Discretionary rate relief notes
1. Applications from Charities already in receipt of the statutory 80% mandatory relief.
Category | % top-up relief |
|---|---|
Community Centres/Community Associations and other registered charities responsible for paying rates on Community Centres and Village Halls | Usually 20% |
Community Resource Centres | Usually 20% |
Training Centres/Training Organisations offering schemes for particular groups to develop their skills e.g. young people, unemployed people etc.
Generally relief will be limited to the 80% mandatory element for national charities, with the discretion to award up to 10% top- up relief for regional* charity training organisations and up to 20% for local charity training organisations.
A cap will be imposed on the award of relief when the charity occupies training premises with a rateable value in excess of £40,000. | Up to 20% |
Charity Shops Generally relief will be limited to the 80% mandatory element for shops occupied by national charities, with the discretion to award up to 10% top up relief for shops occupied by regional* charities and up to 20% for shops occupied by local charities. Where a charity shop does not sell donated goods (and therefore does not qualify for mandatory relief) discretionary relief will be capped at 80% to be aligned with the level of mandatory relief that can be awarded to charity shops. A cap will be imposed on the award of relief when the charity occupies a shop with a rateable value in excess of £40,000. |
Up to 20%
Up to 80% |
Charity Offices Generally relief will be limited to 80% mandatory element for national charities, with the discretion to award up to 10% top up relief for regional* charity offices and up to 20% for local charity offices. A cap will be imposed on the award of relief where the charity occupies offices with a rateable value in excess of £40,000. | Up to 20% |
Local Heritage Projects | Up to 20% |
Essential Community Services eg CAB, Hospice, Samaritans | Up to 20% |
Warehouses, Workshops, occupied by charities providing services / facilities that meet a need identified as being a priority for action. Generally relief will be limited to the 80% mandatory element for national charities, with the discretion to award up to 10% top- up relief for regional charity workshops and up to 20% for local charity workshops. A cap will be imposed on the award of relief when the charity occupies a premises with a rateable value in excess of £40,000. |
Up to 20% |
| Applications from any charitable organisations that do not fall within any of the standard categories for awarding relief will be considered on their merits, having regard to the Council's Community and Financial Plans the general principles for awarding relief as described on page 1 of the policy and consideration of the following factors - community access, level of fees, facilities/services provided. | Up to 20% |
Note - Regional is where a charity has operations that run outside SBC boundaries.
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