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Business rates – apply for relief

Use this form to apply for business rates relief.
Summons surgery

Summons surgery will be closed between Monday 23 December 2024 and Friday 3 January 2025.

You can book appointments again from 6 January 2025. If you've got a question, please use the forms on this page to make an enquiry.

Business rates

The business rates line will be closed from 24 December 2024 to 31 December 2024.

Use the online forms if you want to communicate with the team during this time.

The line will reopen as usual on Thursday 2 January 2025, from 9am to 12 noon.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Who should use this form

Use this form to apply for business rates relief if you think your business premises qualifies for a discount.

Before you complete the form

To apply for business rates relief you need to log into your My Lewisham account. If you don’t have one already, please click 'Log in and apply for relief’ below then choose 'register' and follow the instructions to create your account.

How to complete the form

After you log in you can complete the form:

  • It should take between 10 and 20 minutes to complete.
  • You will need to have your business rates account number and evidence that you are eligible for relief.
  • You can upload evidence to support your application or do this later.

What happens next

  • We will send you an email confirmation.

  • We may contact you to arrange a visit to confirm the details of your application.

  • We may ask you to submit more evidence using the business rates evidence upload form.

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