COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)
COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)
The government is providing additional business rates relief to support rate-paying businesses that have been affected by the pandemic during the financial year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, but were not eligible for previous support linked to business rates.
Applications for the discretionary COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) are now open.
Under this scheme we will not award relief:
- to ratepayers who would have been eligible for Extended Retail Discount (covering Retail, Hospitality and Leisure), or Nursery Discount
- where the premises was unoccupied. Premises that were temporarily closed due to government advice on COVID-19, may still apply
- unless ratepayers can prove they have been adversely affected by the pandemic and have been unable to adequately adapt to that impact.
Applications close on 13 May 2022. Payments will be made by 30 September 2022 after all applications have been assessed.
Please refer to our Policy document for more details including eligibility criteria.