Occupation prohibited by law

An empty property is exempt from business rates where occupation or allowing the property to become occupied is prohibited by law. For example:

if the local authority has taken legal action to prevent occupation due to the property posing a health or safety risk
where a property is being kept vacant due to action being taken by or on behalf of the Crown, local authority or public authority.

If you wish to apply for this exemption, please complete the form below.

Prohibition by Law

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Your information will be used so that we can administer your business rates account and collect business rates from you. Your personal data may be shared with other teams within the council in order to provide a service to you. We may also share it with other local authorities, Valuation Office Agency or debt collection agents if necessary for the collection of business rates. We may share the data with third parties if we are required by law to do so.
We will keep your details on our business rates database for seven years after you cease to have an account with the council.
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Account number
Name on account *
Company number
Address of property
Address 1 *
Address 2
Town *
Postcode *
Is the property occupied or vacant? *Occupied Vacant
Has a government body prohibited occupation of the property? *Yes No
Please explain why you are applying for this exemption? *
Please upload your supporting documents *
Please note if you don't supply proof that occupation is prohibited by law, your application is likely to be turned down.
Name of person completing the form *
Telephone number *
Email *
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Mobile number *
By submitting this form you are consenting to receiving text alerts/ebills/information from us. We will not share this information with any third parties. You can change your mind at any time if you no longer want to receive text alerts/ebills/information from us. If you do change your mind, please contact Local Tax by emailing localtax@basingstoke.gov.uk or calling 01256 844844.
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Occupation prohibited by law

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