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Dear Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council,

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

(a) List all non-domestic properties and their addresses.
(b) The names of the Rate payers referred to above for each
property (excluding all the personal information).
(c) The billing authority reference number for each property (Not
the account number).
(d) The date the rate payer became liable for the bill
(e) Details of what reliefs, if any, the rate payer receives (Mandatory, Discretionary, Exempt)

Can you also please make sure this information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of receiving the request

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Elton

Jo McLaren, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Dear Gareth
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 request HR/FOI 3668

I acknowledge your request for information received on 22 August 2016.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require alternative formats, for example: language, audio or large print, please let me know.

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Regards

Mrs H Rishworth
Information Governance Officer

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From: Gareth Elton[SMTP:[email address]]
Sent: 22 August 2016 11:16:31
To: Access2info
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Business Rates Auto forwarded by a Rule

Dear Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council,

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

(a) List all non-domestic properties and their addresses.
(b) The names of the Rate payers referred to above for each property (excluding all the personal information).
(c) The billing authority reference number for each property (Not the account number).
(d) The date the rate payer became liable for the bill
(e) Details of what reliefs, if any, the rate payer receives (Mandatory, Discretionary, Exempt)

Can you also please make sure this information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of receiving the request

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Elton

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Nicola Brooks, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

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Dear Gareth

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 request FOI/3668

 

Please find attached a response to your FOI request detailed below.

 

The information that we provide in response to the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 requests are subject to copyright protection. The copyright is
owned by either the council or a third party. Simply because the
information is available under the legislation does not mean the council
or the third party has waived its copyright.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request you should write
to:

 

Julie Kenny, Chief Officer for Corporate Governance and Housing Repairs

Hinckley Hub, Rugby Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0FR.

 

Please quote your FOI reference no. and ask that your request be reviewed
under the council's internal appeals procedure.

 

If after the appeal process you are still dissatisfied, you can complain
to the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Telephone:   01625 545 700

[1]www.informationcommissioner.org.uk

 

Kind regards

 

Nicola Brooks

Communications and FOI Support Officer

 

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From: Gareth Elton[[2]SMTP:[email address]]

Sent: 22 August 2016 11:16:31

To: Access2info

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Business Rates Auto forwarded by
a Rule

 

Dear Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council,

 

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

 

(a) List all non-domestic properties and their addresses.

(b) The names of the Rate payers referred to above for each property
(excluding all the personal information).

(c) The billing authority reference number for each property (Not the
account number).

(d) The date the rate payer became liable for the bill

(e) Details of what reliefs, if any, the rate payer receives (Mandatory,
Discretionary, Exempt)

 

Can you also please make sure this information is as up-to-date as
possible at the time of receiving the request

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Gareth Elton

 

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[3][FOI #353716 email]

 

Is [4][Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council request email] the wrong address for Freedom
of Information requests to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council? If so,
please contact us using this form:

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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

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latest advice from the ICO:

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manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

 

 

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