Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2020)

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Dear Fareham 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

FOI, Fareham Borough Council

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FOI, Fareham Borough Council

Dear Mr Chait,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your freedom of information request.

Your request is currently being investigated and I will endeavour to provide you with a full response within 20 working days from the date of your request.

If I am unable to do so, I will contact you again to advise of a date when I will be able to provide you with the information requested, or the reason why I am unable to provide it.

Yours sincerely

Emily Roth
Data Protection Administrator
Fareham Borough Council
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FOI, Fareham Borough Council

Dear Mr Chait,

 

I am writing to you further to your Freedom of Information request  to
advise you that Fareham Borough Council has activated its business
continuity plan to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.  It is likely that
many of our Officers will be redeployed to deal with critical Council
services and therefore I am advising you that there is likely to be a
delay in the Council’s response to your request.  The Information
Commissioner’s Office have acknowledged this in their “Your data matters
blog” which is published on their website. 

 

We apologise if any delay is experienced and thank you for your patience
and understanding in this matter.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Emily Roth
Data Protection Administrator
Fareham Borough Council
01329824562

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FOI, Fareham Borough Council

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Dear Mr Chait,

 

In respect of your Freedom of Information request, please find attached
our response for your information.

 

Please accept our apologies for the delay in our response to your request
and thank you for the patience in this matter.

 

If you have any queries please contact the FOI team at
[1][Fareham Borough Council request email]

 

Yours sincerely

 

Samantha Wightman
Committee and Information Services Manager
Fareham Borough Council
01329824594

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This email is confidential but may have to be disclosed under the Freedom
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was meant for, apologies. Please ignore it, delete it and notify us.
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