Dealt with by:   
Jenny Atherton 
Our Ref: 
JA/FOI-766 
 
Direct Dial: 
(01538) 395623 
Your Ref:   
 
 
E-mail: 
[Staffordshire Moorlands District Council request email] 
Date: 
1 February 2010 
 
Private and Confidential 
 
Mr N Woodley 
E-mail:  [FOI #25651 email] 
 
Dear Mr Woodley 
 
Re:  Freedom of Information Act request – Commercial Properties - Small 
Business Rate Relief 
 
Thank you for your e-mail which was received by the Council on 4 January 2010. 
 
I am advised that the information you have requested regarding commercial properties 
not receiving small business rate relief can be found on the attached spreadsheet. 
 
The Council considers that some of the information that you have requested is personal 
information under the Data Protection Act 1998 and is, therefore, exempt from release 
under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been redacted.  As 
the information does not come under any of the exemptions in Schedule 2 of the Act, 
the release of the information requested would be a breach of the First Principle in 
Schedule 1 of the 1998 Act and the Council considers that it should not be released. 
 
Under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005, if you wish to re-use 
any information that you have been provided with by the Council for any purpose that is 
not your own individual use, you require the written consent of the Council. In order to 
make a request you should write to the Council for permission to use the information 
and provide your name and address and state the purpose for which the document is to 
be re-used. 
 
If you are unhappy with the way the Council has dealt with your request, please follow 
the Complaints Procedure that is enclosed. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Jenny Atherton 
Freedom of Information Officer 
 
Encs 
 

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