Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2018)

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Dear Rossendale Borough Council,

In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section 40(2) on personal data, could you please provide me with 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).

I last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an updated and current dataset.

I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and responding and managing these FOIs must be costly for you. Could I request that - as 71% of local authorities now do - you update and release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service. I can recommend approaches for you to consider, and you should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

Freedom Of Information, Rossendale Borough Council

Good morning

 

RE: Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act

Logged as our Reference FOI/6835

 

Rossendale Borough Council can confirm the information regarding Business
Rates is currently under review.  Once we have an update, we will contact
you by email to confirm when the information will be available online on
our website.

 

Regards

 

Freedom of Information

 

 

 

From: Gavin Chait [mailto:[FOI #528423 email]]
Sent: 25 October 2018 03:37
To: Freedom Of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2018)

 

Dear Rossendale Borough Council,

In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section
40(2) on personal data, could you please provide me with 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).

I last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an
updated and current dataset.

I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and responding and
managing these FOIs must be costly for you. Could I request that - as 71%
of local authorities now do - you update and release this dataset via a
dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service.
I can recommend approaches for you to consider, and you should find that
this reduces the time and cost of this request process.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

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Freedom Of Information, Rossendale Borough Council

Good afternoon

 

Thank you for your request and your patience in this matter.

 

I can confirm that the information you require is held by the Council
however the Council seeks to rely on Section 21 of the Act, being that the
information can be found on our website and is therefore reasonably
accessible to you. 

 

The Council publishes a spreadsheet on a six monthly basis (published
21^st November 2018) and this available here:-

 

[1]https://www.rossendale.gov.uk/info/21015...

 

Further updates will go on the website and for any other information the
Council would, therefore seek to rely on Section 22 of the Act, being that
the information requested is intended for future publication and therefore
the Council claims exemption under Section 22 of the Act.

 

Right to Review

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled you can
request a review by writing to Freedom of Information, Committee and
Member Services Team, Rossendale Borough Council, The Business Centre,
Futures Park, Bacup, OL13 0BB.

 

 

If you remain dissatisfied you have a right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.  Telephone 0303 123 1113 or 01625 54 57 45 or visit their website at
[2]https://ico.org.uk/

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

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From: Gavin Chait [mailto:[FOI #528423 email]]
Sent: 25 October 2018 03:37
To: Freedom Of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2018)

 

Dear Rossendale Borough Council,

In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section
40(2) on personal data, could you please provide me with 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).

I last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an
updated and current dataset.

I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and responding and
managing these FOIs must be costly for you. Could I request that - as 71%
of local authorities now do - you update and release this dataset via a
dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service.
I can recommend approaches for you to consider, and you should find that
this reduces the time and cost of this request process.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

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be delayed.

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