Relief available for business rates

If you pay business rates, you may be able to get rate relief. You must apply for some rate reliefs, but others are automatic.

Business rate reliefs

• Subsidy allowance overview and declaration
• Charitable rate relief
• Hardship relief
• Newspaper relief
• Partly occupied relief
• Pubs and live music venues relief
• Retail discount
• Rural rate relief
• Small business rate relief
• Supporting small businesses relief
• Transitional rate relief
• Unoccupied properties

Policies

• Business Rates Discretionary Relief Policy 2025 - Volume 1 (PDF)
• Business Rates Discretionary Relief Policy 2025 - Volume 2 (PDF)

Contact

• Contact the business rates team

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