Details of empty commercial properties with a current rateable value greater than £50,000

Dear Ms Davis,

Freedom of Information Request: Reference   810002787

I acknowledge your request for information received on 09.07.2010.

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and we will send the response by 06.08.2010.

Your request is being dealt with by The Corporate Resources Feedback
Team. The e-mail address for that team is
[1][email address] if you have any queries.

Yours sincerely,

Ms Sirkku Pietikäinen

Feedback and Information Officer

Feedback and Information Team

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Dear Ms Davis,

I apologise that you have not yet received a response to this enquiry.

Your request is being dealt with by The Corporate Resources Feedback
Team. The e-mail address for that team is
[1][email address] if you have any queries.

I have progress chased them today asking them to respond to you as soon as
possible.

Regards,

Regards,

Sirkku Pietikäinen

Feedback and Information Officer

Feedback and Information Team

Tel: 020 8489 2552

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Dear Ms Davis

Freedom of Information Request: Reference  810002787

Thank you for your request for information dated 8 July 2010, in which you
asked for:

     (a) addresses and rateable values of empty Commercial properties

with a current rateable value greater than £50,000 that are within

Haringey Borough Council area; and

(b) the names and addresses of the owners of those properties

referred to in (a)

I apologise for the delay in providing this response. The records held by
our Local Taxation department record the person who is liable to pay
Business Rates or Council Tax. This is not necessarily the owner of the
property. We do not hold records of the owners of the properties.

The Information Commissioner's Office has determined that information
about properties owned by private individuals (rather than limited
companies) is personal information about those individuals. They would not
expect the information that they have provided to Haringey Council in
order to pay their Business Rates to be made public. To do this would be a
breach of the requirement to process personal information fairly, lawfully
and for legitimate purposes (first and second principle of the Data
Protection Act).

In order to lawfully disclose the information we hold about the people
liable for the Business Rates for these properties, we would have to
identify those which are owned by private individuals and remove the
relevant addresses from any information provided. Because we do not
actually know who the owner of a property is, we are not able to this.

We are therefore unable to provide the information requested because it is
likely that this would involve disclosure of personal data contrary to the
first and second principle of the Data Protection Act. This information is
therefore exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, section 40(2).

This letter is a refusal notice as required by the Freedom of Information
Act.

You will find a list of Council owned empty commercial properties on our
website at the following page:

[1]http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/busines...

If you have any further queries, or are unhappy with how we have dealt
with your request and wish to make a complaint or request an Internal
Review, please contact the Feedback and Information Team as below.

Feedback and Information Team

River Park House

225 High Road

N22 8HQ

Telephone: 020 8489 2550

Fax: 020 8489 3992

Email: [email address]

You may also complain to the Information Commissioner's office, who may be
able to help you. However they would normally expect the local authority
to have undertaken a complaint investigation or Internal Review of the
request before they will accept the referral. You can contact the
Commissioner at:

Postal address: Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF
Phone help line: 0845 6306060, or 01625 545745
Fax: 01625 545510
Website: www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Mr S Hart

For Head of Benefits and Local Taxation

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