The Director of City Development agreed:
1. To adopt a scheme implementing the Government’s Expanded
Business Rates Retail Discount 2021/22 providing 100% business
rates relief to retail, leisure, and hospitality properties for the
period 1st April 2021 to 30th June 2021.
2. To adopt a scheme implementing the Government’s Nursery
Discount 2021/22 providing 100% business rates relief to qualifying
Nurseries for the period 1st April 2021 to 30th June 2021
3. To adopt a scheme implementing the Government’s Expanded
Business Rates Retail Discount 2021/22 providing 66% business rates
to eligible relief to retail, leisure, and hospitality properties
for the period 1st July 2021 to 31st March 2022
4. To adopt a scheme implementing the Government’s Nursery
Discount 2021/22 providing 66% business rates relief to qualifying
Nurseries for the period 1st July 2021 to 31st March 2022
5. To allow eligible businesses to refuse the Discounts where
confirmation of the refusal is received by 30th April 2022
6. To note that the cost of the Discounts will be claimed from the
Government via S31 grant calculated by the completion of an updated
NNDR1 return.
7.This decision will be exempted from call in.