Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2018)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Fenland District Council as part of a batch sent to 11 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Fenland District 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 Property 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 these data as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence (meaning reuse for any and all purposes, including commercial).
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 65% of local authorities now 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 sincerely
Gavin Chait
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FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
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Dear Gavin
Thank you for your request for information received on 05/04/2018 which
has been processed and the information is detailed in the attached
document;
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contact the Member Services Officers at Fenland District Council or e-mail
[1][Fenland District Council request email] .
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
[Fenland District Council request email]
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