Transitional Rate Relief

Certain non-domestic property used wholly or mainly for one or more specified purposes (listed here ) may be entitled to a rates reduction for 2021-22, referred to as "transitional relief".
Awards of Transitional Relief cannot be backdated and no applications for Relief for Financial Years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 can now be made. 

In such cases, transitional relief limits the rates bill increase following the property revaluation that took effect on 1st April 2017.

An application to the council from, or on behalf of, the ratepayer is required. Further information on transitional relief is available here.

Please note that award of Transitional Relief may be considered a "subsidy" in terms of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which can limit the amount of relief awarded.

An application form for this relief is available below:

You can apply for Transitional Relief for Financial Year 2021/22 using our Transitional Relief Application. Please also see our Privacy Statement.