Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data
Gavin Chait made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to Stoke on Trent City Council as part of a batch sent to 7 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Stoke on Trent City 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 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 this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence.
We 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 we intend to update this national series every three months. Could we request that - as more than 30% of local authorities already do - you update and release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service. You should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
Dear Mr Chait
Your request for information ref. SOT58915
Thank you for your request for information about all business rates
accounts. Your request was received by the Information Rights Team on 29
March 2017. This is being dealt with under the terms of the appropriate
Information Rights legislation.
In some circumstances we may charge for information. If there is a charge
we will let you know, as you will have to pay it before we deal with your
request.
Some information does not have to be released under this legislation. We
will check the information you have asked for and send you as much as
possible. If another person or organisation is named in the information,
we may have to ask their opinion before we decide what we can give you.
You should expect to receive a response to your request on or before 28
April 2017 in line with the legislation's 20 working day statutory
deadline.
For your information we may publish the response to your request on our
City Council's website, which can be found at the following address:
[1]www.stoke.gov.uk.
If you have any queries about this email please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Team
Information Rights
Floor 2 Civic Centre Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH
City of Stoke-on-Trent
t 01782 232853, 01782 233020, 01782 233732, 01782 235965
e [2][Stoke on Trent City Council request email]
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References
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1. http://www.stoke.gov.uk/
2. mailto:[Stoke on Trent City Council request email]
3. http://www.sot2021.com/
Dear Mr Chait
Your request for information ref. SOT58915 about all business rates
accounts
We have now considered your request and a copy of the information is
attached.
Please note that where individual names have appeared with domestic
addresses, these have been removed under section 40 of the Act.
Section 40(2) (personal information) allows a public authority to withhold
information if its release would contravene the principles of the Data
Protection Act.
The information supplied may be used for domestic or journalistic
purposes. Its use for commercial gain including issuing to the public,
social media or computer blogs may be subject to the issue of a licence
under the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to: Information Rights Manager, Customer Feedback and
Information Rights Team, Corporate Services, Stoke-on-Trent City Council,
Floor 2, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, ST4 1HH, or email
[1][Stoke on Trent City Council request email].
If, after contacting us, you are not content with the outcome, you may ask
the Information Commissioner for a decision. Before doing this, please
see the following link for guidance from the Information Commissioner
relating to how to use your information rights responsibly and
effectively, to enable you to gain the best outcome from the process -
[2]http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public.
Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you
have already used our internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, tel: 0303 123
1113 or you can visit their website at [3]www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Team
Information Rights
City of Stoke-on-Trent
Floor 2 Civic Centre Glebe Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH
T: 01782 232853, 01782 233020, 01782 233732, 01782 235965
E: [4][Stoke on Trent City Council request email]
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|Dear Stoke on Trent City Council, |
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| |
| |
|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 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 this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft |
|Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government |
|Licence. |
| |
| |
| |
|We 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 we intend to |
|update this national series every three months. Could we request that - |
|as more than 30% of local authorities already do - you update and |
|release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority |
|website or on an open data service. You should find that this reduces |
|the time and cost of this request process. |
| |
| |
| |
|Yours faithfully, |
| |
| |
| |
|Gavin Chait |
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Stoke-on-Trent is bidding to become the UK City of Culture for 2021. Help
us win, find out more and get behind the bid at [5]www.sot2021.com
#sot2021
Stoke-on-Trent has been awarded the prestigious status of 2016 European
City of Sport. Join in sporting celebrations at
www.stoke.gov.uk/cityofsport #CityOfSpor...
It’s ‘Click and Easy’ to manage your Council Tax and Business Rates
securely online – anywhere, anytime. Sign up for an Online Account now at
www.stoke.gov.uk/counciltax and www.stoke.gov.uk/businessrates
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[Stoke on Trent City Council request email]
2. http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public
3. http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx
4. mailto:[Stoke on Trent City Council request email]
5. http://www.sot2021.com/
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