Business rates advice

Information on business rates financial support.

Business support grant payments to start soon

News 1 April – Business support grant payments to eligible businesses should start to go out from 8 April.

Revised bills were sent out on 30 March. If you haven’t received your revised bill or cannot access your business post due to the current lockdown you can view your amended bill online. If you haven’t set an account up you will need to register.

Email ndr@eppingforestdc.gov.uk if you haven’t received your business rate relief or have a related enquiry.

Retail hospitality and leisure grant (RHLG)

Businesses in receipt of the expanded retail discount with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will be eligible for the following cash grants per property:

• A property with a rateable value of up to £15,000 will receive a grant of £10,000
• A property that has a rateable value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 will receive a grant of up to £25,000

The grant will be sent to the business ratepayer on our records at 11 March.

Businesses that do not qualify:

• Hereditaments (businesses) with a rateable value of more than £51,000
• Businesses that were in liquidation or dissolved on 11 March 2020
• Hereditaments that were occupied for personal uses. Eg. private stables, moorings, hutments, etc.
• Car parks and parking spaces

Small business grant fund (SBGF)

A £10,000 grant funding for businesses currently eligible for small business rate relief (SBRR) with a rateable value below £15,000, or rural rate relief (RRR). A one-off grant of £10,000 to businesses currently eligible for SBRR or RRR, to help meet their ongoing business costs.

The grant will be sent to the business ratepayer on our records at 11 March.

Businesses that do not qualify:

• Businesses in liquidation or dissolved on 11 March 2020
• Hereditaments (businesses) that were occupied for personal uses. Eg. private stables, moorings, hutments, etc.
• Car parks and parking spaces
• Businesses which are not ratepayers within the business rates system

Business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure

Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors in England will not have to pay business rates for the 2020-21 tax year.

Businesses do not need to apply for the business rates Holiday. We will automatically apply the award to your business rates account and a revised bill will be sent out in April.

Business rates holiday for nurseries

Nurseries in England do not have to pay business rates for the 2020-21 tax year.