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Your council tax, benefits or business rates account will be offline

From 5pm on Tuesday 24 February until Sunday 1 March you will not be able to access your council tax, benefits or business rates account online. This is whilst we prepare annual bills. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Retail Hospitality and Leisure Relief 2025

Can I opt out of the relief?

Ratepayers can opt out (refuse) the relief for a specific property at any time up to 30 April 2026.  The ratepayer cannot withdraw their refusal for either all or part of the financial year.  By virtue of refusing the relief the property is ineligible for the relief.