Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2018)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Hull City Council
This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Hull 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 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)
If you are unable to provide an absolute “Occupation / Vacancy” status, please provide the Exemptions and / or Reliefs that a particular property may be receiving.
Please provide this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence.
I last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an updated and current dataset.
I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and responding and managing these FOIs must be costly for you. Could I request that - as more than 53% of local authorities already do - you update and release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service. I can recommend approaches for you to consider, and you should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information which we will
process in accordance with the appropriate legislation below:
Freedom of Information Act
This covers general recorded information that is held by the Council.
Examples: budget information, staff structures, details of contracts etc
From the next working day that the request is received we have 20 working
days to respond. This does not take in to account any clarification we may
require or if we need to consider the Public Interest Test which allows us
up to a maximum of 20 additional working days.
Environmental Information Regulation
This covers all environmental information held by the Council.
Examples: Planning Applications, details of proposed road works, flood
information, pollution information etc.
From the next working day that the request is received we have 20 working
days to respond.
Section 7 of the Data Protection Act (Subject Access Request)
This section of the Data Protection legislation only relates to requests
for information about the requester or a client if you are acting on their
behalf.
Examples: Personnel file, Housing file, Council Tax/Housing Benefit
information etc.
We have 40 days from the date of receipt to respond.
Information Governance Team
Town Clerk's Service
Hull City Council
The Guildhall
Dear Mr Chait
Information Request - 000069/18
With regard to your request received on 11 January 2018, please find our
response attached.
Although information supplied in response to your request may be in
Microsoft Word and Excel format please feel free to contact us should you
wish the information to be supplied in an alternative more
readable/reusable format
We hope that you will be satisfied with our response and should you
require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Town Clerk's Service
Hull City Council
Tel: 01482 300300
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