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What are business rates?
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties
Business rates explanatory notes
Every year, we provide explanatory notes about your business rates bill
Calculating business rates
How business rates are calculated
Rates checker
Find and check your business rates valuation
Business rates for new properties
How business rates are charged on a new property
Revaluation
Why your rateable value could change after the 2023 revaluation
Appealing your rateable value
Appeals against rateable values can be made free of charge
Business rates recovery
If you fall behind with your payments we may need to take action
Reliefs and exemptions
Empty exemption
Your property may be temporarily exempt from business rates if empty
Mandatory and discretionary charitable rate relief
Where the ratepayer of an occupied property is a registered charity or a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) then 80% mandatory rate relief can be awarded
Part occupied relief
We have the discretionary power to grant S44a relief on business premises that are partly occupied
Retail relief
Additional business rates support for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses that occupy a qualifying property
Rural rate relief
Certain types of businesses in rural villages with a population below 3,000 may qualify for rate relief of 50%
Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR)
You may be entitled to business rates relief if the property you're occupying has a low rateable value