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Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.
Some businesses in England are eligible for a reduction in their business…
You can get small business rate relief if: your property’s rateable value…
You could qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief if your…
You could get rural rate relief if your business is in an eligible rural…
You could get charitable rate relief if your property is mainly used for…
You could get local newspaper relief if your property is used as office…
If you get empty property relief, you do not have to pay business rates on…
You might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your…
Transitional relief limits how much your bill can change each year as a…
You can get supporting small business relief if both of the following…
Councils can reduce or cancel your business rates bill with hardship…
If you’re starting up or relocating a business to an enterprise zone you…
A freeport is an area in which businesses are given a range of benefits to…
You can get heat networks relief if your property is only used or mainly…
Certain properties are exempt from business rates. You may not have to pay…
Local councils are responsible for sending business rates bills,…
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
How to apply for security funding to protect your place of worship against hate crime.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
This consultation asks for views on the case for introduction of a business rates relief for local newspapers in England
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
Guidance on certain consultation and publicity requirements of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime.
Contact your council about funding and grants for your project - activities for young people, volunteer programmes, development of communal facilities
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Sets out special provisions for Crown development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Appeal a decision on a householder planning application by your local planning authority - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications
Draft Notice for insertion in newspaper
How councils can deal with abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys, including who to consult, disposal and claiming costs.
Harbour Orders are a form of delegated legislation made under the Harbours Act 1964 (HA 1964), which either amends existing harbour legislation or introduces new harbour legislation.
Centralised guidance for SMEs and departments on government’s commitment to support start-ups and small businesses via government procurement, and commit to paying them on time.
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