Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2018)

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Dear Mendip 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 faithfully,

Gavin Chait

customerservices, Mendip District Council

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Sugg, Benjamin, Mendip District Council

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  Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5BT

  Telephone:  0300 303 8588 Fax: 01749 344050

   Email: [2][email address]

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My Ref FOI/2018/217 Direct Line: 01749 341539
Please Reply to: David Clark Ext: 539
e-mail [4][email address] Fax: 01749 341542

 

 

09 April 2018

 

Dear Mr Chait

 

Re:         Freedom of Information Act 2000

Request for access to information Reference Number: FOI/2018/217

            Business Rates

 

I acknowledge your request for access to information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as detailed above. 

 

Under the Act the Council has 20 working days to comply with your request,
subject to any Exemptions that may apply.  This deadline will expire on 03
May 2018.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding
your request. I have enclosed a copy of the Council’s guidance note The
Freedom of Information Act and You for your reference. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

David Clark

Interim Data Protection Officer

 

 

 

The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only.
This email may contain information which is confidential or privileged.
Unless you are the named addressee you may not copy or use it, act in
reliance on it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this
email in error please notify the council's Business Information Systems
Department by email at [email address] or by telephone on 0300 303 8588
and then destroy it.

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and outgoing emails for security reasons and for monitoring internal
compliance with the Council’s policies including the policy relating to
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may also be disclosed to other people under legislation, particularly the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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regarded by the Council as personal and will not be authorized or sent on
behalf of the Council. The sender will have sole responsibility for any
legal actions or disputes that may arise.

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free from viruses. However you do need to check this email and any
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Sugg, Benjamin, Mendip District Council

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[1]MendipDC_Standard_CMYKCustomer Services

Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5BT

Telephone:  0300 303 8588 Fax: 01749 344050

Email: [2][email address]

[3]www.mendip.gov.uk

 

My Ref FOI/2018/217 Direct 01749
Line: 341539
Please David Clark Ext: 539
Reply
to:
e-mail [4][email address] Fax: 01749
341542

 

 

17 April 2018

 

Dear Mr Chait

 

Re:     Freedom of Information Act 2000

           Request for access to Information Reference Number:
FOI/2018/217

           Business Rates

 

With reference to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
please find Mendip District Council’s reply to the information you have
requested on the attached Response.

 

As part of our continuous service improvement we are asking customers to
complete a short survey to indicate their level of satisfaction with the
service provided by our team.  I have attached a copy of the survey and
would be very grateful if you could find time to complete and send back to
me.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries relating to
your request or the satisfaction survey.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

David Clark

Interim Data Protection Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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