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Pub discount scheme
The government has announced a business rate discount of £1,000 for all occupied public houses with a rateable value below £100,000.
Our Pub Discount Scheme [461kb] allows us to award up to a £1,000 business rates discount to eligible public houses in Aldershot and Farnborough.
The discount is available for the financial year 1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021 only.
How to qualify
To qualify for the discount the public house must meet the following criteria:
- It is open to the general public
- Allows free entry, other than when occasional entertainment is provided
- Allows drinking without requiring food to be consumed
- Permits drinks to be purchased at the bar
- A social club primarily used as a drinking establishment where membership is not restricted.
Premises which are excluded from this scheme:
- Restaurant and cafes
- Festival sites
- Nightclubs
- Theatres
- Hotels
- Museums
- Snack bars
- Exhibition halls
- Guest houses and boarding houses
- Cinemas
- Sporting venues
- Concert halls
- Music venues
- Casinos
The government originally announced the scheme in the Spring 2017 budget and was this was awarded to all eligible public houses for the financial year 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. The government re-introduced the pub discount scheme in January 2020.
We are able to decide who qualifies for the relief based on the qualifying criteria our adopted Pub Discount Scheme [461kb] policy. The policy was approved by a meeting at the council's cabinet on 3 March 2020.
Applying for the Discount
Eligible businesses have been automatically awarded the pub discount.
You can also apply by filling in and returning our Pub Discount application form [105kb] and
De Minimis declaration (pub) form [144kb].
Businesses that receive the discount will receive a bill showing their reduced business rates.
For more details, please contact our Business Rates team using the contact details on this page.
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