Business Rate Relief

There are a number of different types of Business Rates relief which businesses may be eligible for:

• Small Business Rate Relief
• Empty Property Rate Relief
• Discretionary Relief 
• Rate Relief in Rural Communities
• Rate Relief for Charities
• Local Newspaper Rate Relief
• Public House Relief
• Supporting Small Business Relief
• Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme

Partly Occupied Property Relief S44A

A ratepayer is liable for the full non-domestic rate whether a property is wholly occupied or only partly occupied. Where a property is partly occupied for a short time, the local authority has discretion in certain cases to award relief in respect of the unoccupied part. For further details see the Part Occupation guidelines .