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There are a number of ways to reduce how much you pay for your business rates. You can apply for hardship, discretionary, unoccupied property and small business rate reductions.
If your business is experiencing hardship, we have the discretion to reduce business rates by granting hardship relief. Any hardship relief is normally granted as a percentage of the rates payable for a specific period in the rating year in which your application is made. However, the majority of the cost of this scheme falls directly on our council tax payers. Therefore, before we grant any relief we must be satisfied that by doing so, it will benefit the wider community, as well as the ratepayer.
You could be eligible for relief if:
The "interest" of local council tax payers may go wider than direct financial interests. For example, where employment prospects in an area become worse due to a ratepayer going out of business. Furthermore, where the amenities of an area may be reduced by, for instance, the loss of a neighbourhood shop.
Download the Hardship relief application form
To make an application, please complete the form and email it to our business rates team: croynndr@croydon.gov.uk
You will be required to provide the following information:
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