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Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill - Islands Communities Impact Assessment

Islands Communities Impact Assessment for the Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill


4. Conclusions

It is considered that the Bill would have no significant effect on island communities as it would create a legal basis for the levying of rates on the owners of unoccupied properties from 1 April 2023, and the NDR system has already been operating in practice as if that were the case.

It is also considered that the Bill would have no significantly different effect on island communities than other communities in Scotland, with no adjustments required to the legislative proposal.

There are no islands specific considerations to make in evaluation, monitoring or measurement of outcomes.

Table 1 Average share of Rateable Value (RV) by council area, 2020-2022

Council

A: Average share of RV for properties awarded EPR 2020-2022

B: All properties average share of total RV 2020-2022

C: % difference in share of RV (A/B-1)

Aberdeen City

15.36%

8.02%

+91%

Aberdeenshire

4.45%

4.06%

+10%

Angus

1.12%

1.09%

+2%

Argyll & Bute

0.57%

1.57%

-63%

Clackmannanshire

0.50%

0.58%

-13%

Dumfries & Galloway

1.31%

1.95%

-33%

Dundee City

3.54%

2.58%

+37%

East Ayrshire

0.93%

1.12%

-17%

East Dunbartonshire

0.15%

0.91%

-84%

East Lothian

0.81%

1.28%

-37%

East Renfrewshire

0.22%

0.57%

-61%

City of Edinburgh

14.77%

12.73%

+16%

Na h-Eileanan Siar

0.12%

0.37%

-66%

Falkirk

1.71%

2.49%

-31%

Fife

5.23%

5.62%

-7%

Glasgow City

24.26%

13.47%

+80%

Highland

2.80%

5.21%

-46%

Inverclyde

0.35%

0.75%

-53%

Midlothian

0.87%

1.19%

-27%

Moray

0.84%

1.70%

-50%

North Ayrshire

1.81%

1.55%

+17%

North Lanarkshire

3.88%

3.97%

-2%

Orkney Islands

0.16%

0.40%

-60%

Perth & Kinross

1.48%

2.21%

-33%

Renfrewshire

2.84%

3.92%

-28%

Scottish Borders

1.24%

1.42%

-12%

Shetland Islands

0.39%

0.80%

-51%

South Ayrshire

1.60%

1.57%

+2%

South Lanarkshire

1.09%

9.94%

-89%

Stirling

0.84%

1.69%

-50%

West Dunbartonshire

4.51%

2.61%

+73%

West Lothian

0.33%

2.68%

-88%

Contact

Email: ndr@gov.scot

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