Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you provide me with the following information under the
Freedom Of Information Act 2000:-

(a) addresses of “long term empty” Commercial properties that are
within Weymouth & Portland Borough Council area; and

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

Yours faithfully,

stephen nash

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Dear Mr Nash,

With regards to the above, please find attached an acknowledgement of your
request.

Yours sincerely,

David Sinclair

FOI Officer

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

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Dear David Sinclair,

To clarify my request what I want is the address and owners of all
empty commercial properties within The Weymouth & Portland Borough
Council area.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Nash

I regret to say that I will not be in the office until 27/4.

Many thanks

David

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Dear Mr Nash,

Thank you for your clarification and I will take that into account when
preparing our response.

I forgot to mention in my letter the arrangements that are in place for
requests involving the Revenues & Benefits teams for both Weymouth &
Portland Borough Council and West Dorset District Council. In 2007, the
two teams merged into the Westwey Partnership as part of the changes being
made to the way in which certain services are provided. As part of that
merger, it has been decided that any requests to either authority in
respect of Council Tax, National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) or benefits
will be handled as covering both authorities and a joint response will be
provided. I note that you have made the same request to West Dorset DC
and I would ask that you close that request off and I will send our
response within the next few days.

If you have any questions about these arrangements, please do contact me.

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

FOI Officer
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

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Dear Mr Nash,

Please find attached our current findings regarding your request.

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

Records Manager

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth
DT4 8TA

Telephone 01305 838619

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Dear David Sinclair,

Thank you for you e mail

In reply I refer you to decision of the Information Tribunal in the
case of Mr Colin P England and London Borough of Bexley and The
Information Commissioner Appeal No EA/2006/0060 & 0066 in the light
of which will please reconsider you decision

Yours sincerely,

stephen nash

Dear Mr Nash,

As I explained in my letter, we are considering exemptions and have not
made a final decision.

I am well aware of the Bexley decision and indeed I refer to it in the
letter. It is worth noting that decision was in relation to residential
properties whereas yours is for commercial properties. This is why we
have identified S43-Commercial Interests as possibly relevant in this
request. Whilst previous decision notices issued by either the
Information Commissioner or the Tribunal do provide guidance, they are not
classed as precedent and all requests are considered on their individual
merits.

In coming to a decision, the Council will consider all points and if,
following our decision, you are dissatisfied with our response, you may
then appeal. I will, however, provide with details of that procedure
should it be necessary.

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

Records Manager

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth
DT4 8TA

Telephone 01305 838619

Weymouth & Portland - Sailing Venue

2012 London Olympic Games & Paralympic Games

Dear Mr Nash,

With reference to the above request, I can confirm we are now in a
position to respond.

As I explained in my earlier letter, we were considering publishing this
information on our website. We have now decided that this is best course
of action for the Council. Accordingly, we are invoking the exemption
under S22 of the FOIA - Information intended for future publication. We
have not set a date but we expect to publish in the latter half of the
year.

I am sorry that I cannot answer your request and, under the terms of the
FOIA, you have the right to appeal this decision. If you wish to do so,
please write to the Customer Complaints Manager at the address below. If
your appeal is unsuccessful, the you can appeal, in writing, to the
Information Commissioner's Office ([1]www.ico.gov.uk), the address for
which is below.

If you any further questions please do contact me.

Yours sincerely

David Sinclair

Records Manager

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth
DT4 8TA

Telephone 01305 838619

Weymouth & Portland - Sailing Venue

2012 London Olympic Games & Paralympic Games

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

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