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The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2016

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

2016 No. 317

Rating And Valuation, England

The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2016

Made 9th March 2016

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2016

Coming into force 1st April 2016

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 143(1) and paragraphs 8 and 39 of Schedule 7B to the Local Government Finance Act 19881.

These Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury in accordance with paragraphs 8(3) and 39(13) of that Schedule.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2016.

S-2 Application

Application

2. These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

S-3 Interpretation

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations—

“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

“baseline amount”, in relation to a billing authority, means the amount calculated under Part 3 of Schedule 2 in respect of a designated area for a specified year;

“billing authority” means a billing authority in England all or part of whose area falls within a designated area;

“designated area” means an area designated under regulation 4(1);

“local list” means a local non-domestic rating list2;

“non-domestic rating income”, in relation to a billing authority, means the amount calculated under Part 2 of Schedule 2 in respect of a designated area for a specified year;

“period of designation” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2);

“preceding year” means the chargeable financial year3immediately preceding the specified year for which a calculation under Part 3 of Schedule 2 is made;

“revaluation year” means a year in which a local list must be compiled under section 41 of the 1988 Act;

“Schedule 7B” means Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act;

“small business non-domestic rating multiplier”, in relation to a chargeable financial year, means the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for that year determined under Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act4; and

“specified year” means a chargeable financial year falling within the period of designation.

S-4 Designation of areas

Designation of areas

4.—(1) The areas listed in Schedule 1 are designated for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The designation of those areas takes effect on 1st April 2016 and has effect for the period of 25 years beginning on that date (“period of designation”).

S-5 Proportion of non-domestic rating income for a designated area to be disregarded

Proportion of non-domestic rating income for a designated area to be disregarded

5.—(1) Part 1 of Schedule 2 provides rules for calculating the proportion of a billing authority’s non-domestic rating income in respect of a designated area for a specified year.

(2) The proportion is to be disregarded for the purpose of calculations under—

(a)

(a) any of the following provisions of Schedule 7B—

(i) paragraph 6 (payments in respect of the central share);

(ii) paragraph 13 (calculations following local government finance report);

(iii) paragraph 16 (calculations following amending report);

(iv) paragraph 23 (calculations of levy payments)5;

(v) paragraph 26 (calculations of safety net payments)6;

(vi) paragraph 30 (calculations relating to distribution of remaining balance)7; or

(b)

(b) regulations made under any of the following provisions of Schedule 7B—

(i) paragraph 7 (administrative arrangements for payments in respect of the central share);

(ii) paragraph 9 (payments by billing authorities to major precepting authorities);

(iii) paragraph 10 (administrative arrangements for payments by billing authorities to major precepting authorities);

(iv) paragraph 28 (calculations of payments on account).

S-6 Amendment of Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013

Amendment of Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013

6.—(1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 20138are amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 (qualifying relief for deduction from central share), in the definition of “red area” for “maps numbered 1 to 86” substitute “maps numbered 1 to 29, 31 to 46 and 48 to 178”.

David Evennett

George Hollingbery

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

7th March 2016

Marcus Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

9th March 2016

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 4

Local retention of non-domestic rates: designation of areas

SCH-1.1

1. Each of the areas listed in column 2 of the table in this Schedule is designated by reference to the area or areas bounded externally by the outer edge of the blue line shown on the map specified in column 1 of the table.

SCH-1.2

2. A reference in this Schedule to a map is to one of the maps numbered 1 to 113 and entitled “Maps referred to in Schedule 1 to the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2016”, of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department for Communities and Local Government, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and, in relation to each map, at the offices of the billing authority to which the map relates.

SCH-1.3

3. For the purposes of determining a designated area, where part only of a hereditament is situated within an area shown on a map, the whole of the hereditament is taken to be included within that designated area.

Numbered map

(Column 1)

Designated area

(Column 2)

Billing authority

(Column 3)

Value of J (£)

(see paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2)

(Column 4)

1

Luton Airport

Luton Borough Council

4,741,488

2

MIRA

Hinkley and Bosworth District Council

0

3

Tees Valley Growth Extension: Central Park

Darlington Borough Council

30,538

4

Tees Valley Growth Extension: Middlesborough historic Quarter

Middlesbrough Borough Council

3,275,726

5

Tees Valley Growth Extension: Northshore

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

117,821

6

Wirral Waters Enterprise Site

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

848,833

7

Greater Manchester Life Sciences: MSP Central Campus

Manchester City Council

658,978

8

Greater Manchester Life Sciences: CMFT Site

Manchester City Council

4,928,358

9

Ceramic Valley: Chatterley Valley West

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

0

10

Ceramic Valley: Chatterley Valley East

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

335,099

11

Ceramic Valley: Tunstall Arrow

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

0

12

Ceramic Valley: Highgate/Ravensdale

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

41,905

13

Ceramic Valley: Etruria Valley

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

20,090

14

Ceramic Valley: Cliffe Vale

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

30,603

15

New Anglia: Sproughton Road

Mid Suffolk District Council

0

16

New Anglia: Futura Park

Ipswich Borough Council

0

17

New Anglia: Mill Lane

Mid Suffolk District Council

0

18

New Anglia: Nar Ouse

Borough Council of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk

0

19

New Anglia: Norwich Research Park

South Norfolk District Council

193,777

20

New Anglia: Princes Street

Ipswich Borough Council

184,678

21

New Anglia: Scottow Enterprise Park

North Norfolk District Council

0

22

New Anglia: Suffolk Business Park

St Edmundsbury Borough Council

0

23

New Anglia: Waterfront Island

Ipswich Borough Council

0

24

New Anglia: Egmere Business Zone

North Norfolk District Council

0

25

Carlisle Kingmoor Park

Carlisle City Council

1,524,084

26

Humber Enterprise Zone: Bird’s Eye

Hull City Council

0

27

Humber Enterprise Zone: Priory Park

Hull City Council

0

28

Humber Enterprise Zone: Former Cavaghan and Gray

Hull City Council

0

29

Humber Enterprise Zone: Benchmark Pods

Hull City Council

17,255

30

Humber Enterprise Zone: Energy Works

Hull City Council

0

31

Humber Enterprise Zone: Rix Stoneferry

Hull City Council

9,860

32

Humber Enterprise Zone: Foster Street

Hull City Council

22,580

33

Humber Enterprise Zone: Ashcourt

Hull City Council

4,930

34

Humber Enterprise Zone: Former Two Wheel Centre

Hull City Council

7,641

35

Humber Enterprise Zone: St Mark Street

Hull City Council

3,105

36

Humber Enterprise Zone: Former LA Site

Hull City Council

18,610

37

Humber Enterprise Zone: Sammy’s Point

Hull City Council

0

38

Humber Enterprise Zone: Albert Dock

Hull City Council

4,930

39

Humber Enterprise Zone: John Street Car Park

Hull City Council

8,257

40

Humber Enterprise Zone: Pepi’s

Hull City Council

0

41

Humber Enterprise Zone: Osborne Street

Hull City Council

0

42

Humber Enterprise Zone: Albion Street

Hull City Council

20,826

43

Humber Enterprise Zone: Former Bonus Site

Hull City Council

3,053

44

Humber Enterprise Zone: Somerden Road

Hull City Council

49,300

45

Humber Enterprise Zone: Queen Elizabeth Dock

Hull City Council

0

46

Humber Enterprise Zone: Stallingborough Interchange

North East Lincolnshire

0

47

Humber Enterprise Zone: Great Coates Business Park

North East Lincolnshire

0

48

Humber Enterprise Zone: King’s Road

North East Lincolnshire

0

49

Humber Enterprise Zone: Queen’s Road

North East Lincolnshire

0

50

Humber Enterprise Zone: Abengoa

North East Lincolnshire

0

51

Humber Enterprise Zone: Huntsman Tioxide

North East Lincolnshire

0

52

Humber Enterprise Zone: Capital Park Goole

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

53

Humber Enterprise Zone: Goole 36

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

54

Humber Enterprise Zone: Goole Intermodal Terminal

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

55

Humber Enterprise Zone: Melton Park

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

56

Humber Enterprise Zone: Melton West

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

57

Humber Enterprise Zone: Humberside Airport

North Lincolnshire Council

17,406

58

Lancashire - Hillhouse Chemicals and Energy

Wyre Borough Council

2,505,740

59

Cheshire & Warrington Science Corridor: Birchwood Sites

Warrington

1,164,329

60

Cheshire & Warrington Science Corridor: South Road

Cheshire West and Chester Council

145,435

61

Cheshire & Warrington Science Corridor: Alderley Park

Cheshire East

2,447,304

62

Cheshire &amp...

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