Business Rates - April
Dear Dacorum Borough 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 Richard Roberts
Thank you for your request dated 8th April 2020 for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You have requested the information set out in your email below. The Council’s response is:
Please find the sheet called "All NNDR Accounts, reliefs & Exempt.xlsx" attached.
This contains all the information you have requested
Please note that where the ratepayer is an individual (sole trader or partnership) business rates account information will not be disclosed as it is considered to be personal information and therefore protected by the Data Protection Act 2018. Personal information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless one of the conditions set out in Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation is met. We are satisfied that none of these conditions are met in this case, and we are unable to release this information.
Further information explaining the Council’s process for responding to information requests is available on our website at www.dacorum.gov.uk/foi.
If you have any further queries or information needs or if you are unhappy about the way your request has been handled, please contact the Council’s information service at: [Dacorum Borough Council request email], quoting our FOI reference shown in the subject line of this email.
In accordance with Section 50 of the FOIA, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision whether, in any specified respect, your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of Part 1 of the FOIA. The Commissioner would make a decision on any application unless certain circumstances apply, one of which is that the relevant public authority’s complaints procedure has not been exhausted. The Information Commissioner’s contact details are as follows:-
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
Website, with online form: www.ico.gov.uk and email for online complaint: [email address]
If you need further assistance please contact the information service as indicated above.
Yours sincerely
Jake Seabourne | Systems Development and Finance Lead Officer | Dacorum Borough Council | The Forum | Marlowes | Hemel Hempstead | HP1 1DN
Telephone: 01442 228260 | Website: www.dacorum.gov.uk
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