Shropshire Council
Revenues and Benefits
PO Box 4749
Shrewsbury
SY1 9GH
Tel: 0345 678 9003
business.rates@shropshire.gov.uk
www.shropshire.gov.uk
                   
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BUSINESS RATES - PUBS RATE RELIEF

In the Spring Budget on 9 March 2017, the Chancellor announced that the government will provide a relief of up to £1000 to all occupied Public House properties with a Rateable Value of less than £100,000 for the 2017-18 financial year. 

Properties that will benefit from this relief should be:-

•	Occupied hereditaments with a Rateable Value of less than £100,000 or less;
•	Be open to the general public;
•	Allow free entry other than when occasional entertainment is provided;
•	Allow drinking without requiring food to be consumed; and
•	Permit drinks to be purchased at a bar.    

It should be noted that this relief is only available for the 2017-18 financial year and would be recalculated should the Rateable Value of the property be amended, or entitlement to other rate reliefs be identified, or if the property became empty.

Your premises have been identified as one that may qualify for this relief.

Awards such as Public House Rate Relief are required to comply with the EU law on State Aid.  In this case, as part of your application, this involves returning the attached declaration to this authority if you have received any other De Minimus State Aid, including any other Public House Rate Relief you are being granted for premises other than the one to which this bill and letter relates, and confirming that the award of Public House Rate Relief does not exceed the €200,000 that an undertaking can receive under the De Minimus Regulations EC 1407/2013.

Further information on State Aid law can be found at https://www.gov.uk/state-aid

Yours sincerely

Revenues and Benefits Service Manager

APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS RATE PUBLIC HOUSE RELIEF	

BUSINESS RATE ACCOUNT NUMBER - 
BUSINESS NAME  - 			
BUSINESS ADDRESS - 

INFORMATION	
This award shall comply with the EU law on State Aid on the basis that, including this award, shall not receive more than €200,000 in total of De Minimus aid within the current financial year or the previous two financial years.  The De Minimus Regulations 1407/2013 (as published in the Official Journal of the European Union L352 24.12.2013).  These regulations can be downloaded at the following site.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:352:0001:0008:EN:PDF	

	   Please tick if you would like to claim Public House Relief

Please list all previously received De Minimus aid below including the total amount of any other Public House Relief you are being granted.	
Amount of De Minimus Aid	Date of Aid	Organisation Providing Aid	Nature of Aid	

				

Nature of business	   	

Declaration	
I confirm that I am authorised to sign on behalf of              and that                          shall not exceed its De Minimus threshold by accepting this relief.  Warning – it is a criminal offence for a ratepayer to give false information when making an application for Public House Rate Relief.	
Signature		Name		
Position		Date