Rates retention and appeals

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Dear South Northamptonshire District Council,

Please could you provide the name of all parties that are currently contracted by the Local Authority to provide the following services:

1. Rates retention services i.e. to increase the rateable value baseline in line with the rates retention scheme imposed by the Localism Act 2013

2. Business rates appeal services for the authorities’ own properties

Please provide the date these contracts started and the length of them.

Yours faithfully,

R Gilmore

South Northamptonshire District Council

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Dear Mr Gilmore

 

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Please find below the response to your request under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act.

 

Please could you provide the name of all parties that are currently
contracted by the Local Authority to provide the following services:

1. Rates retention services i.e. to increase the rateable value baseline
in line with the rates retention scheme imposed by the Localism Act 2013

2. Business rates appeal services for the authorities? own properties

Please provide the date these contracts started and the length of them.

 

There are no parties contracted to by the Local Authority to provide rates
retention services. This is delivered internally by our Business Support
Unit.

 

There are no parties contracted to by the Local Authority to provide
Business rates appeal services.  This is delivered by the internal
Revenues Team

 

 

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at the Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or on [1][email address].

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

 

 

Tina Henfrey

Practice Management Support Officer

Cherwell and South Northamptonshire Councils Shared Legal Service

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Dear Tina Henfrey,

Thank you for your reply.

Yours sincerely,

R Gilmore