The closing date to apply for a primary school place for September 2025 is midnight on Wednesday 15 January 2025. See Primary school places for more information on how to apply for a place.

Our online payment services and 24 hour telephone payment line will be unavailable on Tuesday 14 January 2025 due to essential system maintenance. You will not be able to make a payment during this time.

Business rates hardship relief

If you're suffering from financial hardship, find out if we can help.

If you believe that paying your business rates would cause hardship, download and complete the Apply to temporarily reduce the amount of business (non domestic) rates you pay (PDF, 265 KB). Return this to the address included in the form.

We can reduce or cancel your business rates if paying would mean you suffered hardship.

Our Business Rates Discretionary Hardship Reduction Policy (PDF, 341 KB) explains more about the qualifying criteria for hardship relief.

Contact Business rates