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Apply for a business rates discount

In this section

  1. Apply for a business rates discount
  2. Small business rates relief discount
  3. Charities and registered community amateur sports clubs
  4. Empty buildings
  5. Heat Network Relief
  6. Improvement Relief

Heat Network Relief

At the Spring Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced that a new Heat Network relief will apply from Friday 1 April 2022 for hereditaments being used wholly or mainly as a heat network which have their own rating assessment.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Heat Network Relief the hereditament must:

  • Have their own business rates assessment
  • Be wholly or mainly used for the purpose of a heat network, and
  • The heat, over the next 12 months, is expected to be generated from a low carbon source (irrespective of whether that source is located on the hereditament or on a different hereditament)

Exclusions

The following hereditaments are not eligible for Heat Network relief:

  • Those that are wholly or mainly providing heat for a different purpose, for example an industrial process
  • Those that do not have their own business rates assessment such as small and medium scale heat networks, for example common heating systems in multi-occupied buildings or estates, which do not give rise to a separate business rates bill. In these cases, the heat network forms part of the services of the properties which have a wider purpose (e.g. offices)

Full details for this relief and the eligibility rules can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-heat-network-relief-local-authority-guidance/business-rates-heat-network-relief-local-authority-guidance

To apply, please complete an enquiry form at https://www.stoke.gov.uk/xfp/form/1691