That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Head of Finance and Asset Management, to agree Tewkesbury Borough Council’s involvement in the submission of a Countywide bid to become a 100% Business Rates Retention Pilot  in 2018/19 subject to:

1.    the satisfactory assessment, in the opinion of the Head of Finance and Asset Management, of the benefits and risks of the pilot bid prior to making an application; and

2.    a further report to Council for full consideration of the pilot if the bid is successful and before formal acceptance of the pilot takes place.