Business Rates Assessments and Reliefs

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, South Ribble Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear South Ribble Borough Council,

I understand that your council regularly publishes information on business/non-domestic rated properties, However recent datasets do not confirm whether properties in your area are subject to Retail Relief/Discount.
We therefore request a list detailing all current Rateable Value assessments and which accounts are, and which are not, subject to some form rate relief (eg. Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR), charitable, empty relief, retail relief). Please include the following columns insofar as possible.
• Full Postal Address
• Rating Description (e.g. offices, workshop etc.)
• Correspondence Address (if different from Full Postal Address)
• Account Name
• Account No./Ref.
• Property Ref
• RV 2017
• RV 2010
• SBRR (discount, not multiplier) – yes or no
• Retail Relief/Discount – yes or no
• Vacant – yes or no
• Other relief (e.g. charity, hardship, rural, community & amateur sports clubs etc.) – yes or no
• Current liability start date

Yours faithfully,

Tom Snowdon

Dear South Ribble Borough Council,

It has now been some considerable time since I made this request and you have not acknowledged, let alone responded to it which is very disappointing, concerning and confusing as requests for information on business rates liabilities are very common for authorities such as yours so it is difficult to see why it could be taking so long for you to respond.

Can you please provide an explanation for this delay and timescale for a possible response?

Yours faithfully,

Tom Snowdon