Non-domestic rates - money off your bill

This relief type is subject to Subsidy control rules under Subsidy Control Act 2022. Information is available on our Rates relief and subsidy control page.

District heating relief

You can get 50% relief if your property is used wholly or mainly as part of a district heating network. This includes networks that distribute heat (steam, hot water or chilled liquids) from a central source to multiple buildings.

This relief is available until 31 March 2032.

District heating relief (renewable generation)

If your district heating network is powered by renewable energy, you may be eligible for 90% relief.

You can apply if:

• your network was first entered on the valuation roll on or after 1 April 2021, or
• from 1 April 2024, your network uses renewable energy even if it was entered on the roll before April 2021

This relief is available until 31 March 2027.

Renewable energy generation relief

You may receive up to 100% relief if your renewable energy project shares profits with community organisations.

To qualify, your scheme must:

• produce heat or power from one of the following sources:
  • biomass
  • biofuels
  • fuel cells
  • photovoltaics
  • water (including wave and tidal, excluding pumped storage)
  • wind
  • solar
  • geothermal
• take place at the eligible property
• provide a community organisation with either:
  • at least 15% of annual profit, or
  • profit based on at least 0.5 megawatt of installed capacity

How much relief you can get

Relief depends on the rateable value:

• up to £145,000 - 100% relief
• £145,001 to £430,000 - 50% relief
• £430,001 to £860,000 - 25% relief
• £860,001 to £4 million - 10% relief
• over £4 million - 2.5% relief

If you have more than one business property, their rateable values are added together.

Additional relief for water‑powered schemes

You can get 60% relief if:

• your scheme generates heat or power from water (including wave and tidal, excluding pumped storage)
• the total rateable value is £5 million or less

Processing times

We aim to respond within 10 working days.

Due to high volumes of customer contact, there may be delays, but we will process your enquiry as soon as we can.

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