Empty property relief is when you don’t have to pay business rates on empty buildings for 3 months. After this time, most businesses must pay full business rates.
Some properties can get extended empty property relief. These are:
- industrial premises (eg warehouses) - exempt for a further 3 months
- listed buildings - until they’re reoccupied
- buildings with a rateable value under £2,600 - until they’re reoccupied
- properties owned by charities - only if the property’s next use will be mostly for charitable purposes
- community amateur sports club buildings - only if the next use will be mostly as a sports club
Apply for empty property relief
Discretionary relief for partly empty properties
In certain cases, where a property is partly occupied for a short time, we may award discretionary relief in respect of the unoccupied part.
