S DELAHAY
Executive Director (Resources)
Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley
Derbyshire DE5 3BT
Tel: 01773 570222 Fax: 01773 841606
Minicom: 01773 841490
E-Mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Web:
www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Gavin Chait
Our Ref : JDJ/FOI/002/19
Email: request-541366-
Your Ref :
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date : 4 January 2019
Ask For : Joan Jones
Ext : 1601
Email : xxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Chait
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email received 2 January 2019 requesting the following
information:-
“A complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data
for your local authority, and including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the VOA
database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupied / Vacant
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)
If you are unable to provide an absolute “Occupation / Vacancy” status, please
provide the Exemptions and / or Reliefs that a particular property may be receiving.
Please provide these data as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel
file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence (meaning
reuse for any and all purposes, including commercial).”
Our obligation
The Council is treating your request as having been made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the “Act”).
When dealing with requests for information, the Council’s obligations include:
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(1) confirming or denying whether it holds information of the description specified
in the request; and
(2) Communicating the information requested to the applicant. You should note
that this is effectively a decision that the information can be released into the
public domain and not simply to the specific applicant.
Under the Act, the Council is required to release any information that it holds to you
unless an exemption applies.
Response to your request
I confirm that the information you have requested is held and I am able to give you
the following:
Please see the attached Excel spreadsheet.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of our request, you may ask the Council for
an internal review of the decision within 20 working days. Someone other than the
person who took the initial decision will conduct the internal review. Requests for an
internal review should be addressed to the Civic Links and FOI Officer at the above
address. If, following the internal review, you are still not happy with the outcome;
you have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliff House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email
: xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
If you have any further queries, please contact me either in writing at the above
address or by telephone on 01773 841601 and quote your ID No 002/19.
To help us to improve the quality of our responses to future Freedom of Information
requests, any feedback you may have on this response would be appreciated. A
copy of the Council’s Customer Comments leaflet is attached to assist you.
Yours sincerely
Joan D Jones (Mrs)
Civic Links & FOI Officer