Apply for small business rate relief

Use this form to apply for small business rate relief.

This form will ask you to provide

Your name and position within the organisation
The address for which you are applying
Your business rates account reference
Name and address of the ratepayer
Contact details
If the ratepayer has any other occupied business premises in England, the full addresses and rateable values of these properties.

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Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to 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.

Declaration(Required)

I understand and accept the above declaration

Your name(Required)

Position in 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 address Confirm email address

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)

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 ratepayer's address

Postcode of ratepayers home address(Required)

In the case of Limited Company please quote registered office address.

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 business (continued)

Date you are claiming the relief from(Required)

If your property has been unoccupied, this could be the date you occupied the property.

Apart from the property for which you are applying, does the ratepayer occupy or are they associated with any other business premises in England?(Required)

Yes

No

Please give full addresses and rateable values of all properties(Required)

Other information

Please use this box to tell us any other information.

If you have no further information to give, leave this box blank

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Staff ID