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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Department of the Chief Executive
Director of Finance & Resources : Joe Chesterton
 Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6ER
 01702 215001
www.southend.gov.uk
Our ref: FOI 07211
Your ref: Gavin Chait
Date: 15th June 2018
Telephone: 01702 215001
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx


 By email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx


Dear Mr Chait,

Re: Freedom of Information Request Number FOI 07211


I am writing regarding your recent request for information. In that request you asked us to provide the following information:-

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.


Since 1st May 2018 this information has been published on this Council’s website, www.southend.gov.uk, and is updated on a monthly basis. The dataset currently available was compiled on 1st June 2018. Please go to www.southend.gov.uk, go to the Business Rates page and click on “Published data about Business Rates” where you will find links to the information you require.

If you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review of our response, you should write to the Group Manager – Information and Governance, Department of the Chief Executive, PO Box 6, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ER.

If you are not content with the outcome of your review, you can make a complaint under the Council’s complaints process by writing to Corporate Complaints Officer, Department of the Chief Executive, PO Box 6, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ER.

You can also apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision although generally the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the Council’s complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.





Yours sincerely


Mr Claxton
Senior Revenues Officer