Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Finance)

The Local Government Finance Act 1988 requires the Council to maintain a Discretionary Rate Relief Scheme to award up to 100% Business Rates Relief to certain organisations which operate within the specific criteria. The report sets out the details of the scheme, the current cost to the Council, and the criteria by which the Council will be guided when deciding whether or not to award Discretionary Rate Relief.   

It is recommended that:

a)    The criteria for  20%  Discretionary ‘Top Up’ Rate Relief,  for Community Amateur Sports Cubs (CASC),  as shown in Appendix 1, be adopted for the financial year 2012/13.

b)   The criteria for 50% Discretionary Rate Relief for Non-Profit Making Organisations that are neither Community Amateur Sports Clubs nor Registered Charities, as shown at Appendix 2 be adopted for the financial year 201/13.

c)    The consultation exercise with stakeholders which commenced in January  2012, should continue in order to identify possible new criteria for 20% ‘Top Up’ Discretionary Rate Relief for Registered Charities. Proposed criteria should be presented for approval in January 2013 with a view to it being adopted for the financial year 2013/14.

d)   Village shops (as defined in regulations) continue to receive 30% Discretionary Rate Relief for the financial year 2012/13.  

Officer contact: Alison Blount, 0161 474 5107, Alison.blount@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Finance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider the criteria for Discretionary Rate Relief of Business Rates for certain organisations.

RESOLVED - That

a)    the criteria for 20% Discretionary ‘Top Up’ Rate Relief, for Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC), as detailed at Appendix 1 of the report, be adopted for the financial year 2012/13;

b)    the criteria for 50% Discretionary Rate Relief (DRR) for Non-Profit Making Organisations that were neither CASC nor Registered Charities, as detailed at Appendix 2 of the report be adopted for the financial year 2012/13;

c)    the consultation exercise with stakeholders which commenced in January 2012 should continue in order to identify possible new criteria for 20% ‘Top Up’ DDR for Registered Charities, with proposed criteria being presented for approval in January 2013 with a view to them being adopted for the financial year 2013/14; and

d)    village shops (as defined in regulations) continue to receive 30% DRR for the financial year 2012/13.