Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2018)

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Reigate and Banstead 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 71% 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

Information Officer, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

Thank-you for your request.

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council publish on their website information regarding commonly asked questions concerning non-domestic rates. Please see link below

http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/info/...

This information is updated quarterly and was last updated in September 2018.

If you feel your request for information falls outside the exemptions as listed please resubmit your request with exact details of what you are looking for.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

[email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Regards
Information Officer
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
01737 276000
Web: www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk
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Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

Thank you for your information request.

It was received on 08/10/2018 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You will receive a response within the 20 working day limit allowed for these requests.

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me. Please remember to quote the request number 3E37DAE7 in any future correspondence.

Information Officer
Reigate & Banstead BC
01737 276000

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