Non-domestic rates relief statistics 2024

Relief awards by property class

Figure 4 and Table 6 show the proportion of properties receiving relief, and the value of reliefs as a proportion of the total gross bill, by property class. Table 7 shows the proportion of properties within each property class receiving 100% relief.

Religious properties had the highest proportion of properties reciving relief, over 87%, followed by cultural properties, leisure, entertainment, and caravan entries, sporting subjects, and care facilities, where over three quarters of properties received relief.

Figure 4: Proportion of properties receiving relief, and of the total gross bill accounted for by reliefs, by property class

The lowest proportions by sector, with fewer than a third of properties receiving relief, were among education and training, communications, advertising, and petrochemical properties.

In addition to Tables 6 and 7, tables B, C, D, E, and F in the Additional Tables workbook include breakdowns by property class. Table G shows relief awards by council area and property core description, which is a more detailed description of property types.