April FOI Request
Dear Teignbridge District 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.
All information requested relates to Business Rates.
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.
Required Information;- A list of all live business rates accounts with a 2017 list Rateable Value.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. Please note that this is not the Rate Demand or Rate Account Number.
• Current rateable value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address), the contact telephone number and email address
• The date the current ratepayer became liable for the business rates – we do not require any historical account liability dates only the current ratepayers liability start date
• whether a property is empty or occupied
• Where a property is currently empty please provide the date the ratepayer became liable for empty rates
• Where there is an exemption on the account please provide the start and end date and type of exemption applied (e.g. listed building)
• Where there is a relief on the account please provide the date it was applied and the type of relief (e.g. Retail Discount)
• We do not require any personal information or sole traders.
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.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Roberts
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Dear Sir
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under section 14(2) Teignbridge District Council are refusing your
request since we consider that the request repeats a previous request from
you.
Details are:
Original request from you received: 1^st February 2021
Our response sent: 1^st February 2021, number 12773
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I will now close your request as of this date.
Kind regards.
Carolyne Platt
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Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4XX
From: Richard roberts [mailto:[FOI #743281 email]]
Sent: 01 April 2021 12:05
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - April FOI Request
Dear Teignbridge District 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.
All information requested relates to Business Rates.
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.
Required Information;- A list of all live business rates accounts with a
2017 list Rateable Value.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference
Number) of the property on which the charge is made. Please note that this
is not the Rate Demand or Rate Account Number.
• Current rateable value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address), the
contact telephone number and email address
• The date the current ratepayer became liable for the business rates – we
do not require any historical account liability dates only the current
ratepayers liability start date
• whether a property is empty or occupied
• Where a property is currently empty please provide the date the
ratepayer became liable for empty rates
• Where there is an exemption on the account please provide the start and
end date and type of exemption applied (e.g. listed building)
• Where there is a relief on the account please provide the date it was
applied and the type of relief (e.g. Retail Discount)
• We do not require any personal information or sole traders.
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.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Roberts
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