My Erewash
We have introduced a new online portal for self service. By registering for My Erewash, you will be able to apply for help, support and advice regarding business rates. My Erewash can also be used to access a wide range of other services that the council provides, including applications for grants.
Click on the My Erewash Account button at the top of this page to set up an account, or to view your My Erewash account, if you have already created one.
Reductions
Retail Discount 2024/25
1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 there is a 75% discount for retail, hospitality and leisure sectors (up to a maximum of £110,000). For further information please visit www.gov.uk/guidance/business-rates-relief-202425-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-scheme
Retail Discount 2025/26
From 1st April 2025 there is a 40% discount for retail, hospitality and leisure sectors (up to a maximum of £110,000). For further information please visit www.gov.uk/guidance/business-rates-relief-202526-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-scheme
Small Business Rate Relief
The Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) has changed from 50% to 100%. Thresholds are now £12,000 and £15,000 respectively. Therefore, properties with rateable values of £12,000 or below that meet the eligibility criteria will receive 100% relief and those businesses with rateable values between £12,001 and £14,999 will receive tapered relief. The taper will operate as at present – with 100% relief for eligible hereditaments with an RV of £12,000 or below, decreasing to 0% relief for hereditaments with an RV of £15,000 or above.
The threshold for the standard Business Rates multiplier has increased from a rateable value of £18,000 (£25,500 in London) to £51,000.
For those businesses that take on an additional property, which would normally have meant the loss of small business rate relief, the Government has confirmed that they will be allowed to keep that relief for a period of 12 months. From 14 February 2014, if a ratepayer is in receipt of SBRR at a qualifying main property they can take on an additional property at a later date. The original assessment will continue to benefit from SBRR, whilst full Business Rates will be charged on the secondary assessment. However, after 12 months the relief will be lost on both properties if the secondary assessment has a rateable value of £2,900 or more.
Ratepayers occupying more than one property may continue to get SBRR on the main business assessment, as long as the additional properties have a Rateable Value of less than £2,900 and the aggregate total of the Rateable Values does not exceed £20,000. The disregarded properties do not qualify for SBRR.
To renew your application for SBRR, make a new claim, or to notify us of a change in circumstances, please click on the following link (fields marked with * are mandatory fields):
Online application for Small Business Rate Relief
Rural Rate Relief
The Government have doubled rural rate relief to 100%. The Government has amended the relevant primary legislation to require local authorities to grant 100% mandatory rural rate relief.
Rate Relief on Telecom Fibre Optics
The Government will provide a new 100% Business Rates relief for new full-fibre infrastructure for a five year period from 1 April 2017 to support the rollout of new full-fibre broadband infrastructure and future 5G communications to homes and businesses.
The necessary changes to primary legislation will be introduced as soon as that is possible and it is anticipated that this will enable the relief to be backdated to April 2017. Therefore, no action is required yet by local authorities until the changes are made. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Valuation Office Agency will work with the telecoms sector and local government on implementing the relief and will publish guidance on how it will operate in due course.
Supporting Small Business Rate Relief
Please click on the following link for guidance:
www.gov.uk/apply-for-business-rate-relief/supporting-small-business-relief
The Supporting Small Business (SSB) scheme for 2023/24 will cap business rate bill increases at £600 per year for those businesses losing eligibility for some, or all, Small Business Rate Relief, or Rural Rate Relief, as a result of the 2023 revaluation. The property must be occupied to qualify for this Relief.
Local Newspapers
A £1,500 Business Rates discount may be granted for office space occupied by local newspapers, up to a maximum of one discount per local newspaper title for each premises and up to state aid limits, until March 2025. The relief will be delivered through local authority discretionary discount powers under section 47(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
Partly Occupied Property Relief
A ratepayer is liable for the full non-domestic rate whether a property is wholly occupied or only partly occupied. Where a property is partly occupied for a short time, the local authority has discretion in certain cases to award relief in respect of the unoccupied part. Full details can be obtained from the local authority.
Charity and Community Amateur Sports Club Relief
Charities and Registered Community Amateur Sports Clubs are entitled to 80% relief where the property is occupied by the Charity or CASC and is wholly or mainly used for the charitable purposes of the charity (or of that and other charities), or for the purposes of the CASC (or of that and other CASCs).
The local authority has discretion to give further relief on the remaining bill. Full details can be obtained from the local authority. Fill out the Application Form.
Non-Profit Making Organisation Relief
The local authority has discretion to give relief to Non-Profit Making Organisations. Full details can be obtained from the local authority. The Application Form is the same as the one above under Charity and Community Amateur Sports Club Relief.
Local Discount and Hardship Relief
The local authority has discretion to give relief in special circumstances. Full details can be obtained from the local authority.
Public Toilet Relief
This was initially announced in the 2018 Autumn Budget. Properties that consist wholly or mainly of public lavatories in England and Wales will receive a 100% relief from business rates.
Rate Relief for Businesses in Rural Areas
Certain types of properties in a rural settlement with a population below 3,000 may be entitled to relief. The property must be the only general store, the only post office or a food shop and have a rateable value of less than £8,500, or the only public house or the only petrol station and have a rateable value of less than £12,500. The property has to be occupied.
An eligible ratepayer is entitled to 100% relief from 1st April 2017. In addition, the local authority can give discretionary relief on certain other occupied property in a rural settlement where the rateable value is less than £16,500.
Under the terms of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, Erewash Borough Council is required to compile and maintain a Rural Settlement List for the purpose of administering the Rural Rate Relief Scheme.
Areas included in the Rural Settlement List:
- Breadsall
- Dale Abbey
- Morley
- Little Eaton
- Risley
- Stanton By Dale
- Stanley and Stanley Common
The Council is required to review the Rural Settlement List on 31st December each year but it can amend the list at any time to correct any errors or omissions. If you think the list is incorrect please tell us, giving your reasons why you think this is so.
Subsidy Control
The new UK subsidy control regime commenced from 4 January 2023. The new regime enables public authorities, including devolved administrations and local authorities, to deliver subsidies that are tailored for local needs. Public authorities giving subsidies must comply with the UK’s international subsidy control commitments. The subsidy control legislation provides the framework for a new, UK-wide subsidy control regime. Further information about subsidy control can be found on the GOV website at: gov.uk/government/collections/ subsidy-control-regime.