Apply for business rates partly occupied relief

Use this form to apply for partly occupied relief for business rates.

This form will ask you to provide

your name and position within the organisation
your business rates account reference
the full name of the ratepayer
your business address and contact details
correspondence address (if different from your current business address)
date the area(s) became vacant and when you intend to use it again
why the area(s) is unoccupied
when you intend to use the area(s) again
the future plan for the area(s)
a plan which clearly highlights the occupied and unoccupied area(s).

This form must be completed by the ratepayer or someone authorised to do so on their behalf.

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Declaration

Please check the box below to indicate your acceptance of the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm the information that I will give on this form will be correct and true.
I confirm that I will notify you of any relevant changes that could result in an amendment to this relief within 21 days of the change.
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.
I confirm I am the ratepayer or someone authorised to accept this declaration on the ratepayer's behalf.

Your name(Required)

Position in the company or organisation(Required)

For example secretary, treasurer

About the business

Business rates account reference(Required)

You can find this on your business rates bill

Business name

Ratepayer's full name(Required)

Contact phone number(Required)

Business website address (if applicable)

Business email address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Would you like to receive your business rates bills by email?(Required)

You can receive your business rates bills by email rather than post. We will send all future business rates bills to the email address you have given above. If you change your email address you must let us know straight away. You can opt out of this at any time at thanet.gov.uk/paperlessrates

Yes

No

Address of the property for which you are applying

Postcode(Required)

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

Correspondence address

Is the correspondence address the same as the address for which you are applying?(Required)

Yes

No

Postcode(Required)

Search Postcode

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

About the partly occupied relief

Date the area(s) became unoccupied(Required)

Why is this area(s) currently unoccupied?(Required)

When do you intend to use the area(s) again?(Required)

What is the future plan regarding the unoccupied areas?(Required)

Plan of the area

To proceed with your application, please attach a plan of the property which clearly highlights the occupied and unoccupied areas.

If you are uploading photographs of documents, please make sure you take a photo of every relevant page, that they are clear and that any words or figures can be easily read.

Upload a plan of the property(Required)

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Max. file size: 15 MB, Max. files: 3.

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