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There are different kinds of relief available for certain types of property, as outlined below:
If you think you qualify for any relief, you should complete the relevant application form and send it to the address provided on each form.
Please note that no relief request is guaranteed and that all applications will be reviewed to ensure relevant criteria are met before a relief is granted.
For all other enquiries, please contact our Local Taxation Section at the Civic Centre on (0115) 901 3946 or email businessrates@gedling.gov.uk
As properties are revalued every five years, significant changes in the property market may influence your Rateable Value between each revaluation. As a result, the Government introduced a Transitional Scheme to incorporate these changes onto ratepayers' bills. (External site)
The scheme dictates that ratepayers' bills will not increase or decrease more than a percentage specified by the Government, plus the current rate of inflation. Limits will also apply to rises and falls the following years until you are paying the full amount, or until your next revaluation.
If your property falls within the Transitional Scheme, any relief or surcharge will be applied automatically and without our discretion.
However, if you feel your bill has not been calculated correctly, you should contact the Local Taxation Section using the details provided above.
Charitable relief is granted on any property used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes, with an 80% relief of the full rate bill being granted to registered charities. Remit of the remaining 20% remains at our discretion.
If your organisation is not a registered charity but is another type of non-profit making organisation, we have discretionary powers to grant relief on all or part of the bill.
To qualify, the organisation must be charitable, religious, or concerned with education, social welfare, science, literature or the fine arts. Alternatively, the organisation must be non-profit making and use the premises wholly or mainly for recreational purposes.
To apply for Charitable or Not for Profit Relief, please download the relevant form below:
We have discretionary power to remit all or part of the bill if paying Non Domestic Rates is deemed to cause 'hardship' to the ratepayer, as outlined in Section 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (External site)
To apply for Hardship Relief, please contact our Local Taxation Office using the details provided above.
A 50% rate relief may be available to certain businesses in specified rural areas, including:
We also have further discretion to award up to 100% relief to any other business in a specified rural area with a rateable value of up to £12,000 if we are satisfied the business is of benefit to the community.
To apply for Rural Rate Relief, please complete the form below:
Small Businesses will be able to claim up to 50% relief on their business rates liability if they:
Those businesses will only pay the small business rating multiplier, currently set at 40.7p
Small Business Rate Relief is then stepped so that those with a rateable value of less than £6,000 will be able to claim 50% relief, reducing to no relief at a rateable value of more than £12,000.
Any business wishing to be considered for Small Business Rate Relief or for their rates to be calculated using the small business rating multiplier must make an application to the Local Taxation Section using the form below:
If part of your property is unoccupied, then we may consider granting relief to reduce your business rates liability.
To apply for Part Occupation relief, please complete the form below:
For more information about Part Occupation, please visit our Empty & Partly Occupied Properties page.
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