Issue - meetings
Officer Overview of the Report
Meeting: 06/10/2025 - Cabinet Member for Finance Decision Meeting (Item 10.)
10. Officer Overview of the Report 
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Officer to provide a brief verbal summary of the report with key details relating to the decision, providing any updates that need to be considered by the Cabinet Member when taking the decision.
Purpose
To determine ten new applications and thirteen renewal applications for Discretionary Rate Relief submitted under Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 for the financial years 2023/2024, 2024/2025 and 2025/2026.
Additional documents:
- Annex A - Discretionary Rate Relief August 2025 CDC , View reasons restricted (10./2)
- Annex B - DISCRETIONARY RATE RELIEF POLICY CDC 2024, item 10.
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- Webcast for Officer Overview of the Report
Decision:
The Business Manager for Environment, Revenues and Welfare introduced the report explaining that Cotswold District Council had the power to consider granting, on an individual basis, Discretionary Rate Relief to non-profit making organisations and organisations suffering financial hardship.
Ten new applications had been received and there had been thirteen renewal applications for Discretionary Rate Relief in relation to business rates liabilities for the 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/2026 financial year.
If the Rate Relief was to be awarded, it was demonstrated that that would result in a loss on non-domestic rates income of £24,783.50 for the financial year 2025/26.