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You might get improvement relief if you make certain improvements to your property. If you鈥檙e eligible, you鈥檒l get the relief for one year. It starts from when you complete your improvements.

Eligibility

Any improvements you make must:

• increase the 鈥榬ateable value鈥� of your property

• be completed on or after 1 April 2025

They must also either:

• increase the size of your property

• add new features or equipment to your property, such as heating, air conditioning or CCTV

You must have occupied the property during and after the improvement works to get improvement relief. You cannot pass on your improvement relief to anybody else.

What you鈥檒l get

Your local council will decide how much relief you get based on your property鈥檚 鈥榬ateable value鈥� and the type of improvements you鈥檝e made.

How to get improvement relief

You can report changes to your property using your business rates valuation account.听

The VOA will decide if the changes could be considered for improvement relief. They will send a certificate to you and your council showing:

• how the improvement affects the property鈥檚 rateable value
• when the relief ends

Once your local council has confirmed you were occupying the property for the duration of the improvements, they will:

• decide how much improvement relief you are entitled to
• send you a reduced rates bill

If you think you should be getting improvement relief but are not

Contact your local council if you鈥檙e not getting improvement relief and you think you鈥檙e eligible for it.