Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2020)

The request was refused by East Suffolk Council.

Dear East Suffolk 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 your local authority’s complete and most-recently updated list of all business (non-residential) property rates data, including the following fields:

- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the public VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupation / Vacancy status
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds) and/or categories of reliefs/exemptions granted

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.

NOTE: While FOIs are meant to be requestor blind, these data are actively used by national government and UK universities to inform the economic response to COVID-19. Commercial ratepayer data are always of public interest but, in the midst of a global pandemic and its consequent devastating economic fallout, these data are vital to track business behaviour and guide government and enterprise adaptation to the social impact of COVID-19. Please publish quickly so that organisations trying to support your local authority can do so, and, if you have any difficulties, please contact me so that I may help.

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 (reuse for any and all purposes, including commercial).

I last requested these data three months ago, and this is a request for your latest updated dataset.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

FOI, East Suffolk Council

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Dear Gavin Chait

Please find attached the response to your request.

Please note: prior to 1 April 2019, East Suffolk Council operated as two
distinct Councils, Suffolk Coastal District Council (SCDC) and Waveney
District Council (WDC), working in partnership. Where figures for
financial years prior to 2019/20 are held separately, they will be
included separately.

Copyright and re-use of information

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private purposes but must not be used for commercial purposes unless you
have advised us you wish to re-use it and you have our permission to do
so.

Published datasets may be reused under the [1]Open Government Licence for
public sector information.

In certain circumstances, the Council may be required to disclose
information for which it does not hold the copyright. In these
circumstances you must respect the rights of the copyright owner and seek
the copyright owner’s permission to re-use the information.

Please refer to the East Suffolk [2]FOI page for more information about
reuse of information.

This concludes your request.

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East Suffolk Council will continue to
review and prioritise the delivery of
its services during this unprecedented
time.
The COVID-19 outbreak will severely
impact what we are able to do, however
we will continue to support and
protect our communities, delivering
the critical services you need.

 

 

 

 

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