Questions at Any Time to Cabinet Portfolio Holders

At a Questions at Any Time session, County Councillor Jeremy Thorp asked whether intensive poultry units pay business rates and how much the egg sector raised in Powys. The Cabinet Member for Finance, County Councillor David Thomas, replied that agricultural land and buildings are exempt, so poultry units are too. The minute records no decision.

1. Business rates for intensive poultry units

   Decided

   The minutes record no decision on this item.

   Why

   County Councillor Jeremy Thorp asked whether intensive poultry units, or operations that support them, pay business rates (a tax on non-domestic property), and how much the egg sector raised in Powys. County Councillor David Thomas, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Transformation, replied that agricultural land and buildings are exempt from business rates, so poultry farms and units fall within that exemption. The reply did not give a figure for the egg sector.

   Based on the minutes

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   Question from: County Councillor Jeremy Thorp Subject: Ardrethi busnes ar gyfer unedau dofednod dwys / Business rates for intensive poultry units

   Minute

   Response by the Cabinet Member: Agricultural land and buildings are exempt from business rates, so poultry farms/units would be exempt as they fall under this category.

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