Decision Maker: Deputy Chief Executive
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Government announced a number of measures to
support Businesses and the vulnerable in society as part of the
national COVID 19 response.
These reliefs need to be granted under a local scheme as the
regulations do not permit this to be done as part of the national
scheme.
There is a delegation approved as part of the budget report that
allows the CFO to set up local schemes to match governments
intentions, and it is under that delegation that this has been
done.
1.Award Covid-19 Business rates reliefs and
deferrals in accordance with the governments guidance.
2.Award additional COVID-19 relief (£150) to all recipients
of Council Tax Relief as per the Governments Guidance
3.Vary the bands of the Council Tax Relief scheme to reflect the
changes to universal credit and LHA
4.Award grants (£25,000 or £10,000) to businesses as
per Governments Guidance.
Option 1 - Implement the governments
scheme
Option 2 - Not implement the governments scheme
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;
Contact: Ben Lockwood, Deputy Chief Executive Email: ben.lockwood@ashford.gov.uk Email: ben.lockwood@ashford.gov.uk Tel: 01233 330540.
Publication date: 28/04/2020
Date of decision: 23/03/2020