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Business Rates Relief – Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief – 2022/23

Meeting: 02/03/2022 - Executive Committee (Item 9)

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To consider the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

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Minutes:

Councillor J. Wilkins declared an interest in this item and did not take part in discussions or the vote.

 

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

 

The Chief Officer Resources advised that the report had been presented to the Executive to consider and adopt the Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief – 2022/23 scheme, as a section 47 discretionary rate relief for 2022/23 on behalf of the Council.

 

The Chief Officer Resources spoke to the report and highlighted the key points as contained in the report. The Chief Officer added that approximately 300 businesses across Blaenau Gwent would benefit from the scheme, however in order for assistance to be given to ratepayers, the Council must resolve to adopt the Welsh Government prescribed scheme as a discretionary rate relief scheme in line with s47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

 

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief – 2022/23 scheme be adopted on behalf of the Council, to supplement the Council’s discretionary rate relief scheme (Option 2).