Isle of Wight Council

	Application for Business Rate Relief by Village Shops
	Please note: Mandatory relief is only available to the sole Post Office or General Store within a designated rural area which has a population of less than 3,000 and the property has a rateable value under �8,500. A General Store is defined as one in which a trade or business consisting wholly or mainly of the sale by retail of both food for human consumption (excluding confectionery) and general household goods is carried out.

Details of Property on which Relief is Claimed

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Account number

Address

*	Building name/number
*	Street address
*	Town name
	County
*	Postcode

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Give full details of the purpose for which the property is currently used

Ratepayer's Details

	Title
*	Forename
	Middle name/Initials
*	Surname

*	Building/house name/number
*	Street address
*	Town name
	County
*	Postcode
	Telephone number (include area code)
	Email address
	Fax

Declaration

I hereby certify that the particulars shown above are correct and undertake to notify the Council of any changes immediately they occur.

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Signature

Signed ............................................................................... Name................................................................................. Address.............................................................................. .................................................Postcode........................... Capacity............................................................................. Date...................................................................................

If you would like more information or advice on how to complete this form please telephone us on: 01983 823920 Completed applications forms should be returned to: Isle of Wight Council Business Rates  Council Offices Sandown Isle of Wight PO36 9EA Or in person at any of our local offices We will endeavor to process your application within 10 working days.

	Business Rates Privacy Notice
	The Isle of Wight Council as data controller, will process your personal information contained in this application in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Information may be shared with other departments within the Council for the recovery of any debts owed to the Council and to identify persons responsible for Business Rates and/or Council Tax & bringing empty properties back into use. Please note that the Council may share your information in the absence of consent, for the purpose of crime prevention or detection, in accordance with the law. Please click here to read the full Privacy Notice.

	Data Protection Act 1998
	This application may be monitored by the Isle of Wight Council for regulatory, quality control or crime detection purposes. Information from this application will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purpose of processing your particular enquiry/request. The Isle of Wight Council ("the Council") is the data controller. By completing this form you consent to the Council contacting you by email or nominated contact method in relation to your enquiry/request. The information contained in this application may, in exceptional circumstances, be subject to disclosure to third parties under either the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the extent the law allows and in accordance with the Isle of Wight Council's Access to Information Policy . Disclosure will only be made where in all the circumstances it would be fair to do so and in the public interest. Please note that the Council may process your information in the absence of consent for the purpose of crime prevention or detection so far as is in accordance with the law. Sometimes we may use your information to keep you informed about services, goods or relevant issues that we believe may be of interest to you. If you wish to receive this information for these purposes please tick this box To improve the quality of other services that we provide to you the Council wishes to hold your non-sensitive personal information on a secure central database. This will enable all Council services to use this information when they are providing a service to/for you. If you wish your non-sensitive personal information to be held by the Council please tick this box

Date printed: 07/03/2013