August FOI Requests

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Fenland District Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Fenland 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

foi, Fenland District Council

Good Afternoon

 

I acknowledge your request for information received, which is being
investigated.

 

The Act allows the Council 20 working days to comply with your request. 
During this time, the Council will assess the information to establish if
any exemptions apply.  If it is felt that any information may be exempt
from disclosure, this will be given careful consideration and the Public
Interest Test will be applied if appropriate.  If it is determined that
any material is exempt, you will be notified of which information is not
going to be released and the reasons why.

 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Freedom of
Information Officer at Fenland District Council, or email
[1][Fenland District Council request email].  It would help us to help you if you could quote
the Information Request No, quoted above, on any correspondence.

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Officer

Fenland District Council

01354 654321

[Fenland District Council request email]

 

Fenland District Council Legal Disclaimer

 

E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.

It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and the addressee or any third party.

Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically stated.

Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by software viruses.

Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response to a request.

To provide you with our services we will need to record personal information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like more details about how we protect personal information then please contact our Data Protection Officer.

References

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foi, Fenland District Council

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Thank you for your request for information received on 11/08/20, please
see our response attached.

 

If you require any further information regarding your request or are
unhappy with the response, you should contact the Member Services Officers
at Fenland District Council or e-mail [1][Fenland District Council request email] in the first
instance. 

 

If after this, you are still dissatisfied with this decision, you may
request the Information Commissioner to investigate.  The contact details
are:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

WILMSLOW

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Officer

Fenland District Council

01354 654321

[Fenland District Council request email]

 

 

 

Fenland District Council Legal Disclaimer

 

E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.

It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and the addressee or any third party.

Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically stated.

Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by software viruses.

Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response to a request.

To provide you with our services we will need to record personal information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like more details about how we protect personal information then please contact our Data Protection Officer.

References

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1. mailto:[Fenland District Council request email]
2. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/

Dear foi,

thank you very much for sending your data through unfortunately i cant open the spreadsheet. could you please re send it?

Yours sincerely,

Richard roberts

foi, Fenland District Council

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Good afternoon, I have reattached the spreadsheet for you. If you have any further problems please let me know as I may have to resend in PDF format.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Officer
01354 654321
www.fenland.gov.uk
 

 
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Dear foi,

Good Afternoon, unfortunately I cant open this email. Is it possible you could try sending the excel spreadsheet to my FOI Mailbox at [email address]?

Yours sincerely,

Richard roberts

foi, Fenland District Council

1 Attachment

Good Afternoon

 

 

Thank you for your recent request for information, please see our response
attached.  (Hopefully you are able to open, I have tried and it works)

 

 

If you require any further information regarding your request or are
unhappy with the response, you should contact the Member Services Officers
at Fenland District Council or e-mail [1][Fenland District Council request email] in the first
instance. 

 

If after this, you are still dissatisfied with this decision, you may
request the Information Commissioner to investigate.  The contact details
are:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

WILMSLOW

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Officer

Fenland District Council

01354 654321

[3][Fenland District Council request email]

 

 

 

Fenland District Council Legal Disclaimer

 

E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.

It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and the addressee or any third party.

Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically stated.

Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by software viruses.

Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response to a request.

To provide you with our services we will need to record personal information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like more details about how we protect personal information then please contact our Data Protection Officer.

References

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1. mailto:[Fenland District Council request email]
2. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
3. mailto:[Fenland District Council request email]