Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Bridgend County Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Bridgend County Borough Council,
In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please provide me with a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data for Bridgend County Borough Council, and including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Code
- 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)
I am aware that you already do provide listings of some business rates data (such as credit balances, or those receiving rates relief) but the existing data do not state whether properties are occupied or vacant (whether relief is received or not).
I appreciate that properties owned / rented by individuals are personal information and such personal data (i.e. the Firm's Trading Name) would be excluded from my request in terms of Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In such cases, please provide the remaining information with the Firm's Trading Name either blank or listed as 'individual'.
Please provide this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence. I will be matching the billing authority code to the Valuations Office master list, so please ensure that the code is correctly formatted.
I am compiling a comprehensive time-series database of business activity across the UK and will require the dataset updated on a quarterly basis. Some 20% of local authorities already provide this dataset on a monthly to quarterly basis on a dedicated page on their websites or on an open data service. I would appreciate it if you could do the same.
Thank you and kind regards
Gavin Chait
Dear Mr Chait
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST X01-4800
We acknowledge your request for information received on 3 February 2016.
We are considering your request and you should receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, unless the information is
exempt or we require additional time to consider whether disclosure is in
the public interest in accordance with section 2 of the Freedom of
Information Act.
We will try to supply information in electronic format by email, but if
this is not possible we will let you know. If you have any special
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know.
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consider whether it is proper to release it and if any of the exemption
categories do apply then the information will not be released. We will
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If you have any queries or concerns, then please contact me directly. You
can find out more about the Act from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office – Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Telephone: 02920 678400 Fax: 02920 678399
Email: [email address]
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.u...
Yours sincerely
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Freedom of Information Office
Bridgend County Borough Council
Legal and Regulatory Services
Civic Offices
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4WB
Tel: 01656 643565
Email: [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
Dear Mr Chait,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST X01- 4800
We refer to your email dated 3 February 2016 which contained a request for
information as set out in italics below. Following consideration of your
request, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I respond
to each point as follows:
In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please
provide me with a complete and up-to-date list of all business
(non-residential) property rates data for Bridgend County Borough Council,
and including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Code
- 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)
Please see attached spreadsheet.
I hope this response satisfies your request. If you are dissatisfied with
the handling of the request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you
have the right to request a review of the Council’s response to your
request for information. If you wish to request a review, please write
to:
Mr P A Jolley
Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Regulatory Services
& Monitoring Officer
Bridgend County Borough Council
Civic Offices,
Angel Street
Bridgend, CF31 4WB
within 28 days of the date of this letter. If you remain dissatisfied
with the outcome of that review, you may seek further recourse by lodging
an appeal with the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office – Wales
2^nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Tel: 02920 678400
Fax: 02920 678399
E:mail : [1][email address]
Website: [2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
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Freedom of Information Office
Bridgend County Borough Council
Level 2, Civic Offices
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4WB
Tel: 01656 643565
Email: [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
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