Decision details
Coronavirus – Discount to Markets Traders
Reference: D52069
Decision Maker: Director of City Development
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
The Director of City Development has agreed to
implement a range of discounts for Market Traders as set out below
with effect from 1st July 2020.
A) The current discount for open market traders be continued until
the end of June 2020 only. (It is not expected that the open market
will have any traders still unable to trade from 1st July).
B) That a discounted level of 25% be set for each individual
trader’s fee or rent (open and indoor market) where they are
not in receipt of a greater discount set out in c) and d) below.
Full Service Charge will be applied to indoor market traders. This
level of discount will apply until 30th September 2020, ie end of
quarter 2.
C) That a discounted rent charge of 100% be applied to all personal
services businesses ( including barbers, hairdressers, beauty
treatments) that are unable to trade until such time as they are
allowed to trade in accordance with the Government instructions.
These traders will be subject to full service charge recovery. This
discount will apply until Government restrictions on personal
services including barbers, hairdressers, beauty treatments are
relaxed with a long-stop date of 30th September 2020.
D) That a discounted rent charge of 50% be applied to all food to
go traders wef 1st July 2020. These traders will be subject to full
service charge recovery. This discount will apply until Government
restrictions on take-away service only are relaxed with a long-stop
date of 30th September 2020.
E) All indoor market arrears built up over the initial three month
period remain payable and that traders be asked to clear the
arrears. Where traders are unable to do so immediately to enter
into payment plans whereby the outstanding debt is repaid with a
long-stop position of 31st March 2022. If traders had an existing
arrears amount that the payment plan for that be continued on its
existing basis.
F) That the above arrangements, be kept under review and if any
‘local lockdown’, ‘2nd spike’ or a
pro-longed period of reduced customer confidence occur, that
further measures to support traders will be considered.
G) The Head of Markets and the Chief Officer Operations be
authorised to discuss with individual traders on a case by case
basis issues of hardship with individual traders and that waives of
money due to LCC be considered within the scope of the existing
arrangements and the scheme of delegation.
H) Where traders’ extenuating individual circumstances
prohibit them from trading, even though Government restrictions
would allow their tradeline to trade, point g) above will apply and
individual discussions will be held.
I) That discounts be applied where traders have complied with
reasonable requests to maintain safe social distancing measures in
accordance with the Government instructions during the period of
the discount being applied.
Wards Affected: Hunslet and Riverside; Little London and Woodhouse; Otley and Yeadon; Pudsey;
Contact: Phil Evans, Chief Officer Transformation and Partnerships 0113 378 2542 Email: phil.evans@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 01/07/2020
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