Find out about upcoming and results of ballots for the English Riviera Business Improvement District (ERBID).
A Business Improvement District (BID) is an area in which eligible business rate payers pay a levy on top of the business rates bill. This levy is used to develop services that help the businesses.
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) work in 5-year terms. They must be renewed through a formal ballot of business. We are currently in the second term. It will end on 31 December 2026. The most recent ballot was held in June 2026. The results of the ballot are below.
Local Government Act 2003. Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004
Business Improvement District Renewal for the English Riviera.
As the ballot holder for the English Riviera Business Improvement District ballot, I certify as follows:
Total number of votes cast in the ballot, excluding any given on ballot papers rejected: 404
Aggregate rateable value of each hereditament in respect of which a person voted in the ballot: £14,319,155
Total number of votes cast in favour of the proposed Business Improvement District for English Riviera: 310
Aggregate rateable value of each hereditament in respect of which a person voting in the ballot has voted in favour of the proposed Business Improvement District for English Riviera: £10,924,080
I hereby declare that the proposal to establish a Business Improvement District for the English Riviera is approved. A majority of the Business ratepayers in the proposed BID area who voted, voted in favour of the proposal, both by aggregate rateable value and numbers voting.
Anne-Marie Bond
Returning Officer.
The total number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: 9
Unsigned, unmarked or void for uncertainty.
Total: 9
For more information, please visit English Riviera's ERBID3 web page.