Decision details

Further to Minute 51 (20 July 2004), received a report on proposed changes to the Council’s Discretionary Non-Domestic Rate Relief (NDRR) Policy in respect of the appeals procedure.

Agreed, in order to improve the arrangements for the determination of appeals for discretionary NDRR, to:

(i)  All appeals against decisions not to award Non-Domestic Rate Relief being considered by the Executive;

(ii)  The establishment of a NDRR Appeals Panel to deal with appeals on the Executive’s behalf;

(iii)  The terms of reference of the NDRR Appeals Panel as set out in Appendix A,

(iv)  The Panel consisting of three Members, who shall be the Lead Members with portfolio responsibility for Revenues and Benefits and Finance (presently Councillors M McCarthy and G Bramley respectively) and one Member of the Minority Group;

(v)  The Council’s ‘Policy for the Award of Discretionary Non-Domestic Rate Relief to Charities and other Not-for Profit Organisations’ being amended accordingly;

(vi)  Recommend the Assembly to agree the appropriate revisions to the Council’s Scheme of Delegation (Part C of the Constitution).

In respect of (vi) above, noted that the proposed changes will be incorporated into the report on the Council’s Constitution which is being presented to the Assembly on 17 May 2006.