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Business Rates Hardship Appeal (SU)
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Executive Decision Notice – 11 December 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE DECISION NOTICE
PUBLISHED BY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that the following decision(s) have been made today by
Cabinet Members at the London Borough of Hillingdon:
Title of decision Business Rates Hardship Appeal
Reference No. 1256
Date of decision Wednesday 11 December 2024
Call-in expiry date Decision comes into immediate effect
Relevant Select
Committee
Corporate Resources & Infrastructure Select Committee
Relevant Wards N/A
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Martin Goddard – Cabinet Member for Finance and
Transformation
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Member consider ed the app eal for
Hardship Relief and the information supplied in support of
the application and determine d not to reduce or remit the
rate.
Reason for decision The Cabinet Member took all the relevant information into
account in making his decision.
The Cabinet Member also had full regard to Section 49 of the
Local Government Finance Act 1988 which g ives billing
authorities the power to reduce or remit the payment of National
Non-
Domestic Rates in respect of both occupied and
unoccupied premises. The legislation provides that an authority
may only reduce or remit payment if it is satisfied that the
ratepayer would sustain hardship if it did not do so, and if it is
reasonable to do so having regard to the interests of persons
liable to pay Council Tax set by it.
Alternative options
considered and
rejected
To allow the appeal in part of full.
Classification Part II – Members Only and Not for Publication
Link to associated
report
That this report be declared as exempt from publication as
it involves the disclosure of information in accordance with
Section 100(A) and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A)
to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), in that the
report contains information relating to the financial or
Executive Decision Notice – 11 December 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
business affairs of any particular person (including the
authority holding that information) and that the public
interest in withholding the information outweighs the public
interest in disclosing it.
Relevant Officer
contact & Directorate
Tiffany Boreham – Revenues and Benefits
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Implementation of decision & scrutiny call-in
[Internal Use only]
When can this
decision be
implemented by
officers?
Decision comes into immediate effect
Further information These decisions, where applicable, have been taken under The
Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access
to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.
This is the formal notice by the Council of the above executive
decision, including links to the reports where applicable.
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