Frequently Asked Questions

1 Where is Greys Green Farm?

2 Do all he Units have Planning Permission?

3 Do all the Units pay Business Rates?

4 How is Business Rate liability calculated?

5 Is any relief from Business Rates available?

6 Do all Units have toilet facilities?

7 Is there on-site security?

8 Are leases outside the Landlord and Tenant Act?

9Are animals allowed onsite or inside Units?

10 Are retail uses permitted?

11 Are roadside signs permitted?

12 Are the leases on full insure and repair terms?

13 Is 24-hour access available to units?

14 When are the security gates closed?

Answers 1-6

1 Between Henley -on-Thames and Reading, just off the B481. Click on link to see map

2 Yes. There are 30 commercial units at Greys Green Business Centre and all have the benefit of planning permission for B1 (office, light industrial), B8 (storage) or B2 (general industrial) use

3 Yes

4 The rateable value (RV) is set by the Valuation Office in Reading. South Oxfordshire District Council apply a Multiplier to this RV, to give the amount that the tenant actually pays to SODC. The Multiplier for 2008/09 is 46.2 pence per £RV, so £1,000 RV would be liable to pay £462.

Go to SODC web site to find out all about Business Rates.

5 Yes. SODC operate the SBRR (Small Business Rate Relief) scheme, whereby qualifying properties can achieve up to 50% relief on their Business Rate. Go to SODC web site for details of the scheme and how to apply for relief.

6 All office units have their own toilet facilities.

There is a communal toilet block for the light industrial units, which is professionally serviced.

Toilets can be installed into any unit, by arrangement with the tenant.

Answers 7-14

7 Professionally maintained CCTV cameras cover the site. Three security are locked at night and no vehicles can then gain access.

8 Yes

9 By negotiation, during preparation of lease

10 No

11 No

12 No. The tenant pays insurance for the contents and is responsible for internal repairs. The exterior of the building is the responsibility of the landlord.

13 Yes - on foot. No vehicles can gain access to the site once the security gates are closed.

14 When the last tenant has left the site for the day

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