Date: 17 February 2010

My Ref: FOI/2010/0002/CLO

Contact: Emma Hearton

Direct dial: 01934 427390

Nigel Woodley

Sent via email

Dear Mr Woodley,

Freedom of Information Act (2000) - Request for Information

I write following our acknowledgement letter, date 7 January 2010, reference FOI/2010/0002/ACK.

Further to your request, please see our response below:

(a) addresses and rateable values of Commercial properties that are

within your District Council up to a rateable value of £12,000 who

are eligible for, but not currently receiving small business rate

relief; and

(b) the names of the owners of those properties referred to in (a)

Please note that the Freedom of Information Act only provides you with a right of access to recorded information. Information supplied to you by North Somerset Council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004 will be subject to copyright protection under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998. You can re-use the information for the purposes of research for non-commercial purposes, for private study or for news reporting and reviews, without requiring formal consent. However, if you wish to re-use the information for any commercial purposes, including publishing, you are required to seek the permission of the copyright holder, which in this instance is North Somerset Council. Permission to re-use copyright information owned by North Somerset Council when granted is in the form of a licence. Permission to re-use copyright material not owned by the Council should be sought from the appropriate copyright holders.

Please see information attached.

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In line with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, the Council reserves the right to charge for disbursements, such as photocopying and postage. However, on this occasion no fee will be charged.

North Somerset Council now considers that it has complied with your request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with our response. In the first instance you should address your appeal for a review of the response or our handling of your request to the Council's Audit, Risk & Information Manager, in writing at:

Mr Peter Rooney, Audit Risk & Information Manager, The Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1UJ.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Council's internal review, you have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner. You can request a review of the council's decisions by contacting:

The Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Emma Hearton

FOI & DPA Support Assistant

North Somerset Council

Philip Hall

Director of Finance and Resources

Information, Communication and Technology Department

North Somerset Council

Town Hall

Weston-super-Mare

Somerset BS23 1UJ

www.n-somerset.gov.uk