Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2018)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 8 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Hammersmith and Fulham Borough 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 faithfully,
Gavin Chait
Our reference: 1236838
Dear Mr. Chait
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 5 April
2018. Your request has been summarised as follows:
Dear Hammersmith and Fulham Borough 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 faithfully,
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and we aim to send a response by 3 May 2018 - this is 20 working days from
the date of receipt.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
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requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
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Yours sincerely
h&f InTouch team
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Our reference: 1236838
Dear Mr. Chait
Thank you for your request for information received on 5 April 2018.
Please find attached our response to your request.
Yours sincerely
Andrea Comer
Senior Investigations & Information Officer
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