Rural rate relief
Mandatory rural rate relief of 50 percent is awarded if your business is in a designated rural area with a population below 3,000.
Rural Settlement List
Areas included in the rural settlement list for the purposes of granting relief are as follows:
- Firbeck
- Gildingwells
- Harthill with Woodall
- Hooton Levitt
- Hooton Roberts
- Letwell
- Ravenfield
- Thorpe Salvin
- Todwick
- Ulley
- Wentworth Village
- Woodsetts
- Harley in the parish of Wentworth
- Laughton Common
- Brampton-en-le-Morthen
- Laughton-en-le-Morthen village
- Brookhouse village in the parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen
- Carr village in the parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen
- Slade Hooton village in the parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen
You can get mandatory rural rate relief if your business is:
- the only village shop or post office with a rateable value of up to £8,500
- the only public house or petrol station with a rateable value of up to £12,500
Local councils can also:
- top up the mandatory 50 percent relief to 100 percent
- give relief to other rural retail businesses of up to 100 percent (for properties with a rateable value under £16,500)