Response 4100960

Response to request for information

Reference

4100960

Response date

23 September 2026

Request

Please can you provide responses to the below within the 20 working day limit outlined by the Freedom of Information Act. 

1. How many businesses in your authority received Small Business Rate Relief in the 2025-2026 financial year?
2. What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value,  does this figure represent ?
3. How many businesses have so far been granted Small Business Rate Relief in the 2026-2027 financial year ?
4. What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value, does this figure represent ?
5. How many properties with a rateable value below £15,000 in 2025-26 now have a rateable value above £15,000?
6. How many properties with a rateable value above £15,000 in 2025-26 now have a rateable value below £15,000?

Response

1. How many businesses in your authority received Small Business Rate Relief in the 2025-2026 financial year?
   • 1398 properties
2. What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value,  does this figure represent ?
   • 43.7%
3. How many businesses have so far been granted Small Business Rate Relief in the 2026-2027 financial year ?
   • 1321 properties
4. What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value, does this figure represent ?
   • 41.3%
5. How many properties with a rateable value below £15,000 in 2025-26 now have a rateable value above £15,000?
   • 154. This includes properties that had a rateable value below £15,000 in 2025-26 and now have a rateable value of £15,000 or above.
6. How many properties with a rateable value above £15,000 in 2025-26 now have a rateable value below £15,000? 
   • 4. This includes properties that had a rateable value of £15,000 or above in 2025-26 and now have a rateable value of less than £15,000.