Apply for business rates hardship relief or discretionary rural rate relief

Use this form to apply for business rates hardship relief or rural rate relief.

This form will ask you to provide

  • your name and position within the organisation
  • your business rates account reference
  • the full name of the ratepayer
  • your business address and contact details
  • correspondence address (if different from your current business address)
  • type of business
  • how many people are employed by the business and live within the district
  • why you are applying for relief, including reasons that may have caused loss of trade or business
  • how this relief can be shown as acceptable to the local Council Tax payers
  • copies of the last three years' audited accounts for the business.

This form must be completed by the ratepayer or someone authorised to do so on their behalf.

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