The LRSG(C) is a mandatory grant for qualifying businesses that have a rateable value and were open as usual and providing in-person (face-to-face) services to customers from their business premises, immediately prior to being required to close.
Eligible businesses (businesses and venues that have been ordered to close)
You can claim a support grant if your business is in this list.
Non-essential retail, such as:
- Clothing stores
- Homeware stores
- Vehicle showrooms (other than for rental)
- Betting shops
- Tailors
- Tobacco and vape shops
- Electronic goods and mobile phone shops
- Market stalls selling non-essential goods.
If your business falls under the above category but chose to change its method of operation and to provide takeaway, click and collect (where goods are pre-ordered and collected off the premises) or online services with delivery, it will still be counted as closed and so you are still eligible to apply for a support grant.
Hospitality venues, such as:
- Cafes
- Restaurants
- Pubs
- Bars
- Social clubs
However, if your business normally operates as a take away, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery, you are not eligible for a support grant. This is because you are able to continue trading during the national lockdown, and have not been ordered to close.
Accommodation, such as:
- Hotels
- Hostels
- Guest houses
- Campsites
If your premises acts as someone’s main residence, where they cannot return home, for homeless people, or where it is essential for someone to stay there for work purposes, you are still eligible for a support grant.
Leisure and sports facilities, such as:
- Leisure centres
- Gyms
- Swimming pools
- Tennis and basketball courts
- Golf courses
- Fitness and dance studios
- Climbing walls
- Archery, driving, and shooting ranges
Entertainment venues, such as:
- Theatres
- Concert halls
- Cinemas
- Museums
- Galleries
- Casinos
- Amusement arcades
- Bingo halls
- Bowling alleys
- Skating rinks
- Go-karting venues
- Soft play centres and areas
- Circuses
- Funfairs
- Zoos and other animal attractions
- Water parks and theme parks.
Indoor attractions at botanical gardens, heritage homes and landmarks must also close, though outdoor grounds of these premises can stay open.
Personal care facilities, such as:
- Hair, beauty, tanning and nail salons.
- Tattoo parlours and body and skin piercing services
- Spas
- Massage parlours
Community centres and halls and libraries
Except for a limited number of exempt activities as set out below:
Libraries can also remain open to provide access to IT and digital services – for example for people who do not have it at home – and for click-and-collect.
Places of worship
Except for the purposes of independent prayer, and service broadcasting and funerals.
These businesses and places will still be permitted to be open for a small number of exempt activities, including:
- Education and training (including for schools to use sports and leisure facilities where that it part of their normal provision)
- Childcare purposes and supervised activities for children
- Blood donation and food banks
- To provide medical treatment
- For elite sports persons (in indoor and outdoor sports facilities), professional dancers and choreographers (in fitness and dance studios)
- For training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls)
- For the purposes of professional film and TV filming
Ineligible businesses (businesses and venues that can remain open)
You cannot claim a support grant if your business is in this list.
This includes those providing essential goods or services, including:
- Food shops
- Supermarkets
- Pharmacies
- Garden centres
- Hardware stores
- Builders merchants
- Off-licences
- Petrol Stations
- Car repair and MOT services
- Bicycle shops
- Taxi businesses
- Vehicle hire businesses
- Banks
- Building societies
- Post offices
- Solicitors
- Accountants
- Loan providers
- Money transfer businesses
- Funeral directors
- Launderettes and dry cleaners
- Medical and dental services
- Vets and pet shops
- Agricultural supplies shops
- Storage and distribution facilities
- Car parks
- Public toilets
- Motorway service areas
- Outdoor playgrounds
Apply for a grant
Before you apply, please make sure you have the following:
- Your Business Rates account reference number – this is on your Business Rates bill
- Your company number, if you are a limited company
- Your VAT number, if you are registered to pay VAT
- Your charity registration number, if applicable
- The bank account details to which the support grant is to be paid
Apply for a Local Restrictions Support Grant
Further information on the Government website