Dear Sunderland City Council,

In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section 40(2) on personal data, could you please provide me with your local authority’s complete and most-recently updated list of all business (non-residential) property rates data, including the following fields:

- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the public VOA database reference)
- Liable Party Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)
- Liability Start Date (i.e. date liable party became liable)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupation / Vacancy status
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy

If you are unable to provide any of the fields requested in part or in their entirety, please provide the remainder of the information requested.

Please provide this data as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence (reuse for any and all purposes, including commercial).

You last published this data in response to a FOI request in July 2024, and this is a request for your latest updated dataset.

Yours faithfully,

J. Talbot

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Thank you for your request for information concerning Business Property
Rates Data.

Your request has been recorded and your reference number is FOI_9112,
please quote this reference should you need to contact us.

The Council is aware of the importance for dealing with these matters as a
priority and will provide available information within 20 working days,
unless, exceptionally, there is a need to consider whether the information
is exempt from disclosure.

We will contact you again soon in connection with your request.

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Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Hello,

Please see attached the response to your FOI Request.

Kind regards

Customer Enabling Services

Smart Cities & Enabling Services

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Dear Solicitor - Freedom of Information,

I am just confirming when you expect to provide a response to my request?

Yours sincerely,

J. Talbot

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Hi

According to our records the response was sent to yourself on 3rd April 2025, I have reattached this for your information.

Regards

Solicitor Freedom of Information

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Dear Solicitor - Freedom of Information,

Thank you, and apologies.

Yours sincerely,

J. Talbot