Guidance

Business rates: retail relief

Guidance for local authorities about the operation and provision of retail relief.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 29 January 2014
• Last updated: 27 February 2015
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  1. 27 February 2015

     Replaced the retail relief guidance with a new version.

  2. 29 January 2014

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 1 April 2016

The measures within the scheme ceased to be available from 1 April 2016.

Applies to England

Documents

Business rates: retail relief guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4499-0

PDF, 168 KB, 15 pages

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Details

The measures within the scheme cease to be available from 1 April 2016.

The government is providing funding for a business rates discount of up to £1000 in 2014 to 2015 and of up to £1500 in 2015 to 2016, to all occupied retail properties with a rateable value of £50,000 or less. This document provides guidance to authorities about the operation and delivery of that retail relief.