Hammersmith and Fulham
Phil Harrison
Principal Localised NNDRDatabase Office, Business Rates
Hammersmith Town Hall Extension,
King Street
Hammersmith London
W6 9JU
Tel: 020 8753 020 8753 1542
Email: xxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
We
b: www.lbhf.gov.uk
16 July 2019
Mr. Gavin Chait
Our reference: 1536225
Dear Mr. Chait
Thank you for your request for information received on 3 July 2019.
Your request 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..
Our response This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that Hammersmith and Fulham holds the information you requested.
However, we are withholding some of that information since we consider that the following
exemptions apply to it. I have enclosed copies of the information that is not being withheld.
We consider that the absolute exemption set out in Section 40 (Personal information)
subsection 2 applies to the information requested. Therefore, we have decided to withhold
the information.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request for information, please contact the
h&f InTouch team within 40 working days of receiving this response. They will consider the
matters raised and decide whether they are referred to the Council's Information Manager
for an internal review.
You can write to the h&f InTouch team at Room 229, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street,
London W6 9JU, or email
: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx. If you are registered for self-service,
via the Council's My Account portal, you can also do this online:
Click here to complete the
form
You also have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Tel: 0303 123 1113. Website:
www.ico.org.uk/concerns/. There is no charge for making an
appeal. The ICO may ask you to contact Hammersmith and Fulham, so we can complete
an internal review, before the ICO investigates the matter.
Yours sincerely
Phil Harrison Principal Localised NNDRDatabase Office