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Dear Mr Chait,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 02/01/2019. Please quote your reference number
(53965,17030) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team at Dorset Councils Partnership, a partnership
between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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Dear Mr Gavin Chait,

Regarding the following Information Access Request:

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).

Data attached for this request extracted 22.01.19. Records relating to
named individuals have been removed.

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 Roger Greene, Monitoring
Officer at [email address]. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the final outcome of the internal
review then you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner (the
'ICO') for an independent review. The ICO is the Government’s Independent
Body responsible for overseeing the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
Data Protection Act 1998 and The Environmental Information Regulations
2004. Please note the ICO will normally only review cases that have
exhausted the Dorset Council Partnerships’ internal review procedure. All
correspondence to the ICO must quote your reference number and your
reasons for your appeal. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

The Information Commissioners Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

More information can be found at the ICO’s website at
http://www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Lisa Camp

Corporate Complaints, Information Access & Customer Service Admin
Supervisor

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Dorset Councils Partnership serving:  North Dorset District Council, West
Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

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Dear Mr Gavin Chait,

Regarding the following Information Access Request:

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 dat…

Thank you for your information request. Please see attachment.

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 Roger Greene, Monitoring
Officer at [1][email address]. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the final outcome of the internal
review then you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner (the
'ICO') for an independent review. The ICO is the Government’s Independent
Body responsible for overseeing the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
Data Protection Act 1998 and The Environmental Information Regulations
2004. Please note the ICO will normally only review cases that have
exhausted the Dorset Council Partnerships’ internal review procedure. All
correspondence to the ICO must quote your reference number and your
reasons for your appeal. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

The Information Commissioners Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

More information can be found at the ICO’s website at
[3]http://www.ico.org.uk

Kind regards,

Beth Thomas

Customer Services Advisor

Dorset Council Partnership serving: North Dorset District Council, West
Dorset District Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

[4]www.dorsetforyou.com/contactus

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