Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) has agreed to write off the debts of a popular Andover café that closed in 2019. Members of TVBC’s cabinet voted to deem the debts of Butters Café “uncollectable” at a meeting on Wednesday. The café had closed in 2019, with TVBC saying there was “no realistic prospect” of recouping unpaid business rates. Councillors also voted to write off the debt of a timber business at the same time. Cllr Maureen Flood, the financial portfolio holder for TVBC, said that it was “inevitable” that these reports are received and there is “no other alternative option” to writing the debt off.