Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2019)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Swindon 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 Swindon 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
Thank you for your email which has been forwarded to The Freedom Of Information Department for response.
Kind regards
Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
Wat Tyler House
Swindon SN1 2JG
Phone: 01793 445500
E-mail: [Swindon Borough Council request email]
Website: www.swindon.gov.uk
Dear Mr Chait
The answers to your questions are contained in the attached spreadsheet.
Personal names have been omitted for data protection purposes. We are
unable to reliably extract the annual rates charged so the properties
current rateable value has been included. We are in the process of looking
at getting this information published onto our website and this should
hopefully be in place by the next time you are wishing to obtain this
information.
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Swindon
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The Information Commissioner's Office,
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Wilmslow
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contact me quoting the reference number at the top of the letter.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Saunders
Team Leader
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