Business Rates - April
Dear St Albans 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
CORPORATE SERVICES
Head of Service - Simonne De Vall
Our Ref: 000004330
Please ask for: FOI Coordinator
Direct Dial: (01727) 819209
e-mail address: [St Albans District Council request email]
Date: 9th April 2020
Dear Mr Roberts
Freedom of Information Request - acknowledgement
Reference:000004330
I write with regard to your request for information to St Albans City &
District Council. Your email was received by the Council on 8th April
2020.
Under Section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we are
required to respond no later than 20 working days after the date we
receive your request.
This means that you should have a response by the 11th May 2020.
However, if we feel that we require further information to fulfill your
request we will write to inform you within the twenty day period [section
1(3)].
If we consider that complying with the request will exceed the cost limit
then we will write to tell you within 20 working days.
Kind Regards
FOI Coordinator
Corporate Services
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