14. Improvement Rates Relief
You might get Improvement Rates Relief if you make certain improvements to your property. If you’re eligible, you’ll get the relief for one year. It starts from when you complete your improvements.
Any improvements you make must:
- increase the rateable value of your property
- be completed on or after 1 April 2024
- increase the size of your property
- add new features or equipment to your property, such as heating, air conditioning or CCTV
Any improvements to existing features or equipment do not qualify.
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.
How to receive Improvement Rates Relief
You don't need to apply for it. Following notification from the Valuation Office (VO), we'll automatically apply the relief (providing you qualify) and send you a bill.