Mandatory relief

Mandatory relief is a reduction that the Council must give you if you fulfil the criteria.

How to apply

For small business rate relief see our Small business rate relief page.

For all other mandatory relief you can either:

complete our online Mandatory and Discretionary Rate Relief Application Form
or complete the paper form Mandatory and Discretionary Rate Relief Application form [423.82KB]

Further information can be found in our Discretionary Rate Relief Scheme Guidelines [340.71KB]

Relief is available to:

charities and community amateur sports clubs
rural post offices, general stores, food shops, public houses and petrol filling stations
small businesses which are defined by the rateable value(s) of the properties they occupy.

Organisations that qualify for mandatory relief Organisations that qualify for mandatory relief
Type of organisation	Criteria	Amount of reduction
Charity	registered charity, or charitable organisation exempt from registration property used for charitable purposes	80%
Community amateur sports clubs	registered as a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) with Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs. For more information use the link to the right. property used for charitable purposes	80%
Rural post offices and general stores	rateable value less than £8,500 sole post office or general store in a defined rural settlement	50%
Rural food store	rateable value less than £8,500 is in a defined rural settlement	50%
Rural public houses and petrol filling stations	rateable value less than £12,500 sole public house or petrol filling station in a defined rural settlement	50%
Small business which does not qualify for any other mandatory relief	businesses occupying: a single property in England, with a rateable value less than £51,000, or more than one property where the other properties have rateable values less than £2,900 and the combined rateable values of all the properties does not exceed £20,000	see table below

Relief available to small businesses

From 1 April 2017 the table shows the relief available to small businesses Relief available to small business from 1 April 2017
Rateable Value	From 1 April 2017
Less than or equal to £12,000	exempt from small business supplement plus 100% relief
Greater than £12,000 and less than £15,001	exempt from small business supplement relief granted on a tapering scale
Greater than or equal to £15,000 and less than £51,000	exempt from small business supplement

Relief available to small businesses

Rateable Value

2016/17

Less than or equal to £6,000

exempt from small business supplement
plus 100% relief

Greater than £6,000 and less than £12,000

exempt from small business supplement
plus more than 1% for every £120 in rateable value

Greater than or equal to £12,000 and less than £18,000

exempt from small business supplement