RESOLVED:
(1) That the draft NNDR1 for 2019/2020, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;
(2) That the draft version of the NNDR1 was received on Wednesday 17 January 2018 from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the final version of the NNDR1 would be returned to MHCLG by Thursday 31 January 2019, be agreed.
(3) That any amendments to the NNDR1 Return resulting from changes to the form and any additional guidance, be delegated to the Service Director – Customers in consultation with the Service Director – Resources and the Committee Chairman; and
(4) That the inclusion of Hertfordshire as one of the 15 new Business Rate Pilots as announced in the draft Financial Settlement in December 2019 and that the current NNDR1 would not reflect this, be agreed.
REASON FOR DECISION: To comply with statutory requirements.