Appeals against discretionary rate relief awarded

Discretionary rate relief is awarded at our discretion. 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, we 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 we must be mindful of our duty to both business ratepayers and council tax payers when making these decisions.