FOI release

Small business Rates Relief

Case reference FOI2026/01472

Received 4 September 2026

Published 9 September 2026

Request

- How many businesses in your authority received SBRR in the 2025-2026 financial year? - What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value, does this figure represent ? - How many businesses have so far been granted SBRR in the 2026-2027 financial year ? - What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value, does this figure represent ? - How many properties with a rateable value below £15k in 2025-26 now have a rateable value above £15k? - How many properties with a rateable value above £15k in 2025-26 now have a rateable value below £15k ?

Response

 

- How many businesses in your authority received SBRR in the 2025-2026 financial year?
1392


- What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value,  does this figure represent ?
35%

- How many businesses have so far been granted SBRR in the 2026-2027 financial year ?
1291


- What percentage of all local businesses, having a rateable value, does this figure represent ?
32%

- How many properties with a rateable value below £15k in 2025-26 now have a rateable value above £15k?

201

- How many properties with a rateable value above £15k in 2025-26 now have a rateable value below £15k ?

31

Documents

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This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.