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Find out how business rates are affected if your property becomes empty or partly occupied.
If your business property becomes empty, you may not need to pay business rates on it for three months. After three months, you will normally have to pay the rates in full.
This doesn't include industrial properties, for example warehouses, which stay exempt for a further three months.
The following properties also stay exempt until they are no longer empty:
You can contact us to find out if your property is exempt or not.
We may give you a discount on your business rates bill if your property is only partly occupied for a short time. This could be due to a fire or if the property is closed for refurbishment.
Send us a message saying:
We'll then tell you if you can get a discount to your bill.