Business rates retail relief

Before you complete this form

The properties that are eligible for this relief from 1st April 2020 (please note before this date the list of eligible properties was more restricted):

  • Are occupied
  • Are used for:
    • Sale of goods: shops, charity shops, opticians, post offices, furnishing shops/display rooms, car/caravan show rooms, second-hand car lots, markets, petrol stations, garden centres, art galleries where art is for sale/hire or
    • Provision of the following services: hair and beauty services, shoe repairs/key cutting, travel agents, ticket offices, dry cleaning, laundrettes, PC/TV domestic appliance repair, funeral directors, photo processing, tool hire, car hire, betting shops, estate agents, letting agents, employment agents, or
    • Sale of food and/or drink: restaurants, takeaways, sandwich shops, coffee shops, pubs, bars or
    • Cinemas or
    • Live music venues or
    • Sport, leisure and facilities: sports grounds and clubs, museums and art galleries, nightclubs, sport and leisure facilities, stately homes and historic houses, theatres, tourist attraction, gyms, casinos and gambling clubs or
    • Public halls, clubhouses, clubs and institutions or
    • Hotels, guest and boarding houses, holiday homes, caravan sites

The following properties are not eligible for this relief:

  • Financial services (e.g. banks, building societies, cash points, bureaux de change, payday lenders)
  • Medical services (e.g. vets, dentists, doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors)
  • Professional services (e.g. solicitors, accountants, insurance agents/financial advisers)
  • Post office sorting offices
  • Premises not open to the general public

Please note: you will be required to upload evidence to support your claim, for example Public Liability Insurance

Tick this box to confirm that your property meets all the eligibility criteria: Required Required