Could you please provide me with a complete and up-to-date list of all
business (non-residential) property rates data for your local authority, and
including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Reference Code (linking the property to the VOA database
reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupied / Vacant
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)
Over the last few years we have received a number of FOI requests which ask for a
list of commercial premises within the city and outstanding business rate
credits. The attached spreadsheets have been created in response to these
requests and have been published since December 2015. They are as will be seen
on our new web page once it is up and running; however they will be published in
CSV format only. The following text will also be included on this webpage.
The attached data is limited to the following:
property reference number
company name (if registered as such) and address
company contact address where it is not an individual’s home address
property description
appropriate relief
Information not supplied or removed (replaced with the word REDACTED) –
account references
all individual’s names except council staff above the level of City Manager
liability start date
date of occupation (due to the amount of time involved)
Due to the way the council’s business rates systems are structured we are unable to
provide liability start dates or write on and offs without individually examining each
account and all the properties associated with it. This has not proved to be possible
within the time and cost limits set out in the Freedom of Information and Data
Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.