22/04/2026 Request made to Valuation Joint Board for derelict club’s rateable value to be reassessed – building is a liability not an asset; value should have gone down not up
13/04/2026 Notification of rise in rateable value of derelict Waterside Miners Club from £10,200 to £26,000, meaning non-domestic rates bill will go up (the charity has been negotiating for over a year for exemption, since building unusable and not providing revenue)
Also: Meeting arranged with EDC Community Planning and Partnerships to discuss potential grants for project