Shropshire Council
Revenues and Benefits
PO Box 4749
Shrewsbury
SY1 9GH
Tel: 0345 678 9003
business.rates@shropshire.gov.uk
www.shropshire.gov.uk

                                                         Account Ref:

BUSINESS RATES REOCCUPATION RELIEF

The government announced in the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013 that Local Authorities could provide a 50% business rates discount for 18 months for businesses moving into previously empty retail premises between 1st April 2014 and 31st March 2016, up to State Aid De Minimus limits.

Properties that will benefit from the relief will be occupied hereditaments that:-

-	When previously in use, were wholly or mainly being used for retail;
-	Were empty for 12 months or more immediately before their reoccupation; and
-	Became reoccupied between 1st April 2014 and 31st March 2016.    

The new use of the reoccupied premises is not restricted to retail use, except where hereditaments are wholly or mainly to be used as betting shops, payday loan shops and pawn brokers.

Awards such as Reoccupation Relief are required to comply with the EU law on State Aid.  In this case, as part of your application, this involves returning the attached declaration to this authority if you have received any other De Minimus State Aid, including any other Reoccupation Relief you are being granted for premises other than the one to which this bill and letter relates, and confirming that the award of Reoccupation Relief does not exceed the €200,000 that an undertaking can receive under the De Minimus Regulations EC 1407/2013.

Further information on State Aid law can be found at https://www.gov.uk/state-aid

Yours sincerely

Revenues and Benefits Service Manager

APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS RATE REOCCUPATION RELIEF	

BUSINESS RATE ACCOUNT NUMBER -  <%ACCOUNT_REFNO%> <%CHECK_DIGIT%>
BUSINESS NAME  - <%LIABLE_PARTIES%>			
BUSINESS ADDRESS - <%PROP_ADR_LINE_ALL%>

INFORMATION	
This award shall comply with the EU law on State Aid on the basis that, including this award,  <%LIABLE_PARTIES%> shall not receive more than €200,000 in total of De Minimus aid within the current financial year or the previous two financial years.  The De Minimus Regulations 1407/2013 (as published in the Official Journal of the European Union L352 24.12.2013).  These regulations can be downloaded at the following site.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:352:0001:0008:EN:PDF	

	   Date property was last occupied (if known)

Please list all previously received De Minimus aid below including the total amount of any other Retail Relief you are being granted.	
Amount of De Minimus Aid	Date of Aid	Organisation Providing Aid	Nature of Aid	

				

Nature of business	   	

Declaration	
I confirm that I am authorised to sign on behalf of <%LIABLE_PARTIES%>  and that <%LIABLE_PARTIES%> shall not exceed its De Minimus threshold by accepting this relief.  Warning – it is a criminal offence for a ratepayer to give false information when making an application for reoccupation relief.	
Signature		Name		
Position		Date