Commercial Property Request

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Dear Aberdeen City Council,

Please provide information on the details of commercial properties owned by or under lease to Aberdeen City Council.

Specifically seeking details of all properties under this remit which the council have owned for a period of greater than 12 months.
Details requested:

1. Address and Postcode.
2. Rateable value of property.
3. The period of time the property has been vacant/let.
4. The managing agent used by the council.
5. If let – the trading name of the tenant.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Walder

Foi Enquiries, Aberdeen City Council

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Dear Mr Walder

 

Information enquiry reference FOI-15-0779 - Commercial properties.

 

Thank you for your recent request for information, which we received on
22^nd June 2015.   

 

The scheduled date for our response to your request for information is on
or before 20^th July 2015.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries in the
meantime.

 

Yours sincerely,

Jacqueline Gillanders

Information Compliance Officer

 

Information Compliance Team
Communications and Promotion
Office of Chief Executive
Aberdeen City Council
Lower Ground North (Hub 2)
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN AB10 1AQ

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Dear Mr Walder,

 

Thank you for your information request of 22 June 2015.  Aberdeen City
Council (ACC) has completed the necessary search for the information
requested.

 

Please provide information on the details of commercial properties owned
by or under lease to Aberdeen City Council.

 

Specifically seeking details of all properties under this remit which the
council have owned for a period of greater than 12 months.

Details requested:

 

1. Address and Postcode.

2. Rateable value of property.

3. The period of time the property has been vacant/let.

4. The managing agent used by the council.

5. If let – the trading name of the tenant.

Please refer to the excel spread sheet attached which details the
information requested above. The name of the liable person (tenant) is
shown in column N, however details of individuals / sole traders have been
removed. Where the property is empty, this is shown in column W with the
empty start date shown in column X. ACC do not use managing agents. Please
note that the liability for business rates is detailed as the limited
company name and in many instances the trading name will not be known.

 

With regard to the entry highlighted in pink, this property consists of
multiple units leased to different individuals and companies, however ACC
are liable for business rates for the property as this is an individual
entry in the valuation roll.

 

The list of properties does not include the following subjects: schools,
libraries, community centres. Although these are ‘non-domestic’ subjects,
they are occupied/used for the provision of Council services and are not
classed (or valued) as commercial properties.

 

ACC is unable to provide you with information on the names of living
individuals as it is exempt from disclosure.  In order to comply with its
obligations under the terms of Section 16 of the FOISA, ACC hereby gives
notice that we are refusing your request under the terms of Section
38(1)(b) in conjunction with Section 38(2)(a)(i) – Personal Information -
of the FOISA.

 

In making this decision ACC considered the following points:

 

ACC is of the opinion that Section 38(1)(b) applies to the information
specified above as the information in question is personal information
relating to living individuals, of which the applicant is not the data
subject. 

 

ACC is of the opinion that Section 38(2)(a)(i) applies, as we consider
that disclosure of this information would be a breach of the first Data
Protection Principle (that personal information must be processed fairly
and lawfully). These individuals have not consented to the disclosure of
their information, and ACC does not consider that they would expect ACC to
release this information about them into the public domain under the
FOISA.

 

We hope this helps with your request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Grant Webster

Information Compliance Officer

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDLING OF YOUR REQUEST

 

ACC handled your request for information in accordance with the provisions
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Please refer to the
attached PDF for more information about your rights under FOISA.

 

 

Information Compliance Team
Communications and Promotion
Office of Chief Executive
Aberdeen City Council
Lower Ground North (Hub 2)
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN AB10 1AQ

[1][Aberdeen City Council request email]
01224 523827/522252/523602

Tel 08456 08 09 10

(The only charge for this call will be

your phone company’s access charge)

[2]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is
confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The
information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only.
If you receive this email in error, notify the sender by reply email,
delete the received email and do not make use of, disclose or copy it.
Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that our emails are free
from viruses, we cannot be responsible for any viruses transmitted with
this email and recommend that you subject any incoming email to your own
virus checking procedures. Unless related to Council business, the
opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
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