Expanded Retail Discount

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Dear Lancaster City Council,

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000.

In accordance with the provisions specified within the above Act I hereby request the following information.
Required Information; - A list of all hereditaments where you have granted EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT for the 2020/21 rate year.
This request relates to business rates but please only refer us to data available for download on your website if it contains the requested EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT data.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. This is not the Rate Demand or Account Number.
• Current Rateable Value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address)

Please provide the information in an electronic, spreadsheet format ideally excel. The Act requires that a response be provided within a period of 20 working days from the date hereof.

This request for information falls within the parameters of the Act but if you require clarification on any of the points above or should you wish to discuss this further then please do not hesitate to contact me. The requested information passes all required public interest tests and other requirements and is not exempt from disclosure.

Yours sincerely

Richard Roberts

info, Lancaster City Council

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Dear Richard Roberts,

I write to confirm receipt of your request for information, which was
received on 28th April 2020 and is now being processed under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. Your request has been given the unique reference
number as stated in the subject header above and you should quote this
reference number in all correspondence. You should receive our response
within 20 working days; this means that you can expect to receive the
requested information by 28th May 2020. If we are unable to deal with your
request within that time limit or the Council does not hold the
information or there is a reason for it to be withheld, we will promptly
advise you in writing.

If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact
me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

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towards dealing with the current pandemic

Kind regards,

 

J McGrath

Information Governance Officer

Deputy Data Protection Officer

 

Email: [1][Lancaster City Council request email]

Tel:      (01524) 58 2000

 

Lancaster City Council,

Town Hall, Lancaster LA1 1PJ

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info, Lancaster City Council

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Dear Richard Roberts,

Freedom of Information Request - Ref: FOI 3318

Thank you for your request received on 28th April 2020 in which you asked
for information from Lancaster City Council

 

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

Response

 

Information relating to Business Rates accounts is available on our
website at the following address:

 

[1]http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/business/bus...

 

If you have any queries or concerns about this response, please contact
this office. For details of how to appeal a decision we have made, see
below.

 

 

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If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to an
internal review.  The handling of your request will be looked at by
someone who was not responsible for the original case, and they will make
a decision as to whether we answered your request correctly.

 

If you would like to request a review, please write or send an email to
the Council at the following address:

 

Information Governance

Lancaster City Council

Town Hall

Dalton Square

Lancaster

LA1 1PJ

 

Email:  [2][Lancaster City Council request email]

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

 

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the
right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner
is an independent regulator who has the power to direct us to respond to
your request differently if she considers that we have handled it
incorrectly.

 

You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following
address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a
national rate number

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be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be
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owned by another person or organisation, as indicated on the information
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publishing the information in analogue or digital form, including on the
internet, will require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

For information where the copyright is owned by Lancaster City Council,
please contact this office if you would like to request permission.

 

For information where the copyright is owned by another person or
organisation you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their
permission.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

J McGrath

Information Governance Officer

Deputy Data Protection Officer

 

Email: [4][Lancaster City Council request email]

Tel:      (01524) 58 2000

 

Lancaster City Council,

Town Hall, Lancaster LA1 1PJ

Website: [5]http://www.lancaster.gov.uk

 

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