Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Items
No. Item

88.

Question Time

To take any questions from members of the Public.

Minutes:

No questions were submitted or asked by members of the public.

89.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in respect of any item of business to be considered at the meeting.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made in relation to items of business to be discussed at the meeting.

90.

NNDR Expanded Retail Discount and Nursery Discount 2021-22 pdf icon PDF 75 KB

This report details changes announced in the government’s 2021 Spring Budget and for which the Council needs to agree its position.

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Decision:

Following consideration, it was resolved:

(1)      To agree that the scheme set out in Annex 1 to the report be adopted as the method of awarding the Expanded Retail and Nursery Discount to Business Rates payers in Epsom & Ewell, with effect from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Minutes:

The Committee received a report seeking adoption of a local scheme for the administration of the Expanded Retail Discount and Nursey Discount to Business Rates payers.

The following matters were raised by the Committee:

a)            Interest on Government funding: Following a question from a Member, the Officer confirmed that of the discounts made by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council would be claimed back from the Government at the end of the year, the Council is unable to claim interest due to the way in which the Government’s NNDR funding works.

b)           Properties from last Government scheme: Following a question from a Member, the Officer confirmed that there were no changes from the properties the Council had in the previous Government scheme.

c)            Thanks to Revenues and Benefits Team: The Committee wished to place on record its thanks to all members of the Revenues and Benefits Team in their on-going work for local businesses and the Council, with a request that this be Minuted.

Following consideration, it was resolved unanimously that the Committee:

(1)      Agreed that the scheme set out in Annex 1 to the report be adopted as the method of awarding the Expanded Retail and Nursery Discount to Business Rates payers in Epsom & Ewell, with effect from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

91.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 90 KB

The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the Minutes and Restricted Minutes of the meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 30 March 2021 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.


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Minutes:

The Minutes and Restricted Minutes of the Meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 30 March 2021 were agreed as a true record and the Committee authorised the Chairman to sign them.