Appeals against Discretionary Rate Relief Awarded

Discretionary Rate Relief is awarded at the discretion of the Council.  The only legal challenge would have to be made by bringing an action in the High Court for judicial review arguing that the Council had exceeded its powers.  However the Council have set up an internal appeal process, and any organisation that has been refused relief will be given details of how to make an appeal.

Any additional relief is partly funded by the council tax payer so the authority must be mindful of its duty to both business ratepayers and council tax payers when making these decisions.