Issue - meetings

to approve recommendation (c) contained within the exempt report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Head of Finance which provided details of an application for rates relief (hardship relief) received from a company who occupy business premises at Howemoss Drive, Dyce, Aberdeen.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)       grant the request for hardship relief in full to the company identified in the report for 1 year starting from 1 April 2017 and ending 31 March 2018. The Revenues and Benefits Section of Corporate Governance will supervise/ensure that the company still meet the hardship relief criteria during this period. That Service will also ensure that all the necessary requirements and documentation has been processed before the grant; or

(b)       partially grant the request for hardship relief to the company identified in the report for 1 year starting from 1 April 2017 and ending 31 March 2018. The Revenues and Benefits Section of Corporate Governance will supervise/ensure that the company still meet the hardship relief criteria during this period. That Service will also ensure that all the necessary requirements and documentation has been processed before the grant. In determining any partial grant of hardship relief, this may be taken as any percentage applied against the total rates charge; or

(c)        turn down the request for hardship relief to the company identified in the report.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve recommendation (c) above.