Business Rates
Business rates - the commonly used term for non-domestic rates - are charged on most non-domestic premises, including most commercial properties such as shops, offices, pubs, warehouses and factories.
If you use a building or part of a building for business, you will probably have to pay business rates. Your premises will be given a rateable value by the Valuation Office Agency, which your local authority will use to calculate how much you should pay.
Contact the Council's Business Rates Service if you need advise or further information.
Paying Business Rates
Business Link
All the information you need on Business Rates is now available on the Business Link website, along with other details about starting and running a business. Below are direct links to some of the information available on the Gov.uk website which you might be interested in:
- What business rates are used for and the meanings of key words and phrases
- How rateable values are assessed for different types of premises
- How business rates are calculated for pubs and other licensed premises
- How business rates are calculated for self-catering holiday lets
- Your liability for business rates when working from home
- Information on schemes and reliefs which may allow your business to pay lower rates
- What to do if you think your rateable value is wrong
- Estimate your rates bill (Calculate the business rates you may be liable to pay )
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Use the VOA's rating list application (Find your 2010 valuation with the VOA)
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VOA requests for rental information (Submit property and rental information to the Valuation Office Agency online)
Last updated: Wed 3rd April, 2013 @ 14:52
