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To Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council by Mrs L Taylor (Account suspended) 14 October 2009

Details of Empty Commercial Properties

Natalie Davis made this Freedom of Information request to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: Natalie Davis

8 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam

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

(a) addresses and rateable values of empty Commercial properties
that are within Wigan Borough Council area; and

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

Yours faithfully

Natalie Davis

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

11 May 2009

Dear Ms Davis

I am emailing to confirm receipt of your FOI request to Wigan Council.

We will respond as soon as possible, and in any case, no later than June
8 2009, which is 20 working days after receipt of your request. If you
have any comments or questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

Regards

Tim Turner
Data Protection / FOI Officer, Business Support Services
Wigan Council

External Tel: 01942 488354
External Fax: 01942 827093
Email address: [email address]
Postal address: Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 IYN

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

5 June 2009

Empty Prop 030609 Name.xls
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Dear Ms Davies

I refer to your email of 8 May requesting information about vacant
commercial properties in my Authority.

Please find attached a spreadsheet detailing those empty at 3 June.

<<Empty Prop 030609(Name).xls>>
The information provided is:

Col A: Wigan Council Property Reference - please quote if you
have any further enquiry
Col B: Best known information of owner - note this information is
only supplied if the owner is a limited company or similar corporate body,

i.e. where this is an individual(s), this information is
exempt and will not be provided.
Col C: Rateable Value of the Property.
Col D-G: Address of Property
Col H: Post-Code of Property.

Alan Cartwright - Head of Revenue Services
Wigan Council, Business Support Services,
Revenues Division, Council Tax Offices,
Whelley, Wigan WN1 3DS
(Sat Nav users: building post code is WN1 3XN)
01942 828612 (internal ext. 3612)
[1]www.wigan.gov.uk

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

5 June 2009

Dear Ms Davis

To follow up from the email just received from my colleague in Council
Tax, I hope the information is clear and answers your request. If you
are unhappy with any aspect of this response, an independent senior
officer will review this decision. Please let me know if you would like
to arrange this.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner, who is the
regulator for Freedom of Information. His website is
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and his helpline number is 01625
545745. His staff may ask you to exhaust our internal complaints
procedure if you choose to complain to his office now.

Regards

Tim Turner
Data Protection / FOI Officer
Business Support Services
Wigan Council

External Tel: 01942 488354
External Fax: 01942 827093
Email address: [email address]
Postal address: Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 IYN

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