Business Rates - April
Dear Stratford-upon-Avon Town 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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FOI Response #14892
FOI #14892
Dear Richard roberts
Further to your request, please find the data as requested.
Following the decision of the first -tier Tribunal (General Regulatory
Chamber) Information Rights heard at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 7th
October 2019 before Judge Sophie Buckley, Dave Sivers, Paul Taylor between
Westminster City Council and The Information Commissioner and Gavin Chit,
Stratford District Council will only disclose the property details
attached.
The question asked was not answered in full for the following legal
reason(s) -
* Section 31 - Disclosure of the information would be likely to
prejudice law enforcement activities including those relating to tax
collection and immigration controls
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Phil Grafton, Monitoring Officer, Stratford-on-Avon District Council,
Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Regards
Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
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you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.
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