Business Rates

The request was refused by Malvern Hills District Council.

Dear Malvern Hills District Council,

Please can you provide me with the following information under the
Freedom Of Information Act 2000:-

The most up to date list you can obtain (Ideally from April 2016) (please provide the date of the data) with;
(a) List all Commercial properties with their Rateable Values and addresses.
(b) The names and addresses of the Rate payers referred to above
for each property and their correspondence address (if different
from the property address)
(c) The full billing authority reference for each property (this is the property reference not the account number)
(d) The current liability payable for the year 2015/16 & 2016/17
(e) The date the rateable occupier first became liable for the
business rates
(f) If the property is empty that date it became empty
(g) Please also state which hereditament is currently receiving
I. Charitable rate relief (mandatory rate relief)
II. Discretionary rate relief
III. Empty property rate relief
IV. Listed building exemption
V. Retail Relief
VI Small Business Rate Relief
VII. Any other relief
(h) List of all credits on account and the amounts

In accordance with the ICO Torbay decision, I would appreciate it of this Council did not withhold the names of sole traders and partners. In the circumstances of the Torbay case the individuals were private landlords or sole traders and the Commissioner concluded that disclosure of their names would not breach the first data protection principle as the information relates to the business activities of the individuals concerned and not activities they undertake simply or solely in their private lives. The Commissioner concluded that disclosure would be fair and meet schedule 2 condition 6 of the Data Protection Act.

Yours faithfully,

Lorna Wilson

Nicola Stevens, Malvern Hills District Council

Thank you for your request for information which was received by this office on 16 May 2016.

Your request is being considered and we will contact you as soon as we can and not later than 20 working days following the date on which your request was received. That means we will respond to you no later than 13 June 2016.

The Freedom of Information Act defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent release of some or all of the information you have asked for. If this is the case we will write to advise you and also inform you of your rights of appeal.

In some circumstances we may make a charge for this information. This will be considered and we will tell you if a fee is payable. If a fee is payable, it must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit allowed for our response will be suspended until receipt of the payment. Payment must be made within three months.

Nicola Stevens
PA/Management Secretary
Policy & Governance
And Freedom of Information Administrator

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Nicola Stevens, Malvern Hills District Council

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Please see attached.

 

I trust that you are satisfied with our response to your request.

 

If you have any concerns about the handling of your enquiry, you should in
the first instance contact Ian Marshall, Legal Services Manager, at
Malvern Hills District Council either by email
[1][email address] or in writing to The Council House,
Avenue Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3AF.

If however, he is unable to resolve your concerns, you may then wish to
make an appeal 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.

 

Nicola Stevens

PA/Management Secretary

Policy & Governance

And Freedom of Information Administrator

 

 

 

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Dear Nicola Stevens,

Thank you for your response, please advise where I can locate the accounts in credit either live or closed?

Yours sincerely,

Lorna Wilson

Nicola Stevens, Malvern Hills District Council

Thank you for your email. I am currently away from my desk. I return to my desk on 13 July 2016.

Thank you.
Nicky Stevens

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Nicola Stevens, Malvern Hills District Council

Hello

Please see below a link to our website.

Kind Regards.

http://www.malvernhills.gov.uk/business-...

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