Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2019)

Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Maldon District Council as part of a batch sent to 70 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was successful.

Gavin Chait
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Dear Maldon 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 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

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Charlotte Elderton, Maldon District Council

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Reference: FOI-149597788
Date of request: 11/10/2019
Title of request: Freedom of Information Request - Complete
Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2019)

Dear Gavin Chait,

Thank you for your request for information which was received by Maldon
District Council. The request is covered by the Freedom of Information
Act, under which we must respond within 20 working days.

If we are unclear what information you are requesting, we will contact you
to clarify the information you have requested. The 20-day time limit will
stop until we receive a response.

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Maldon District Council

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Charlotte Elderton, Maldon District Council

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Reference: FOI-149597788
Date of request: 2019-10-11 09:17:53
Title of request: Freedom of Information Request - Complete
Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2019)

Dear Gavin Chait,

Your Freedom of Information Request has been completed, please see details
below:

A spreadsheet containing the information you have requested is attached.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, please let us
know.  If we are unable to resolve the matter quickly then you may wish to
pursue this through the Councils complaints procedure and request an
internal review of the decision.  A request for an internal review must be
submitted within two months of receiving our response to your request. 
Complaints should be made in writing to the Council at Princes Road,
Maldon CM9 5DL or by email to [1][email address] or by using the
form available on the Council's website at [2]http://www.maldon.gov.uk.

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Maldon District Council

Maldon District Council

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