Business rates

Pay business rates

Paying business rates

Business rates direct debit

Set up a direct debit for your business rates bill

Business rates account

View your balance, correspondence and instalments

Report a business rates move

Tell us about a move for your business

Make a business rates change

Tell us about a change and make sure your bill is correct

Business rates refunds

If your account is in credit, we can refund this to you

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

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