Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2019)

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Dear Broxbourne 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

Broxbourne Borough Council

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Dear Gavin Chait

Thank you for your request for information, our reference BFR000349,
received on 23/1/20.

Your request has now been considered and the information can be found
attached.

If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

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request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision, you should write to the Communications section, Broxbourne
Borough Council, Bishops’ College, Churchgate, Cheshunt, EN8 9XQ.

If your complaint is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. 
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Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water
Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF; Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 54 57
45; Website [1]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

 

Marcus Mariconda

Management Trainee Support Services | Broxbourne Borough Council
Bishops’ College | Churchgate | Cheshunt | EN8 9XQ

 

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