Expanded Retail Discount October 2020

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Dear North Somerset 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 faithfully,

Richard roberts

North Somerset Council

Information request
Our reference: 3066309

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Dear Richard Roberts
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request regarding 'Business rates', made under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
Your request has been allocated reference 3066309 and we will respond by
the 20th working day, which is on 4 November 2020.  Please quote this
reference in any correspondence with us relating to this matter.
 
If you wish to know how we will use your personal data, please read our
privacy notices available at
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Many thanks
 
Sinead Johnson
Information Governance Officer
North Somerset Council
Tel: 01934 634609
Email: [email address]
Web: [1]www.n-somerset.gov.uk

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FoI, North Somerset Council

Good afternoon

This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that North Somerset Council holds the information you requested. However we are withholding that information since we consider that the following exemption applies to it.

The information requested is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Information accessible to the applicant by other means). This section of the Act provides an exemption to the general right of access to information where the information is already accessible to the requester by other means.

The information that you have requested can be found at the following link: http://data.n-somerset.gov.uk/ and search for dataset ‘business rates’. The information is uploaded in the middle of each month for the preceding month.

North Somerset Council now considers that it has complied with your request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with our response. Requests for an internal review must be made in writing, and within 40 calendar days of this response being issued to you. When requesting an internal review, please include your reference number, the date of your original request and your contact details. Please also include an explanation of why you are dissatisfied with our response. Requests for an internal review should be sent to [North Somerset Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Phone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.gov.uk

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

Sinead Johnson
Information Governance Officer
North Somerset Council

Tel: 01934 634609
Email:[email address]
Post: Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UJ
Web:www.n-somerset.gov.uk

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