Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2020)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Darlington Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 184 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Darlington 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 your local authority’s complete and most-recently updated list of all business (non-residential) property rates data, including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the public VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupation / Vacancy status
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds) and/or categories of reliefs/exemptions granted
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.
NOTE: While FOIs are meant to be requestor blind, these data are actively used by national government and UK universities to inform the economic response to COVID-19. Commercial ratepayer data are always of public interest but, in the midst of a global pandemic and its consequent devastating economic fallout, these data are vital to track business behaviour and guide government and enterprise adaptation to the social impact of COVID-19. Please publish quickly so that organisations trying to support your local authority can do so, and, if you have any difficulties, please contact me so that I may help.
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 (reuse for any and all purposes, including commercial).
I last requested these data three months ago, and this is a request for your latest updated dataset.
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
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Dear Mr Chait,
Thank you for your request for information, received 09 July 2020.
We are processing your request in accordance with our Freedom of
Information and Environmental Information Request Procedure, which you can
find on our [2]website.
While you could ordinarily expect a full response to your request within
20 working days in light of the restrictions currently in place due to
COVID-19 and the need to target our resources at meeting the needs of the
most vulnerable it is likely there will be a delay in you receiving a
response. I apologise in advance, but trust you can appreciate why we are
unable to provide our usual standard of service during the pandemic.
Yours sincerely
Richie Sanderson
Complaints & Information Governance Assistant
(01325) 406777
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2. https://www.darlington.gov.uk/your-counc...
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Dear Mr Chait,
Request Reference: DBC-0605-20
Thank you for your request to Darlington Borough Council, please see our
response in the attached letter.
Yours sincerely
Richie Sanderson
Complaints & Information Governance Assistant
(01325) 406777
References
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Dear Darlington Borough Council,
Thank you for your response. As stated in my original request, where you are not able to provide the actual annual rates charged, I am happy to receive the values and types of Exemptions and / or Reliefs that a particular property may be receiving.
Please could you respond accordingly.
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
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Dear Mr Chait,
Request Reference: DBC-0876-20
Thank you for your request to Darlington Borough Council, please see our
response in the attached letter and spreadsheet.
Yours sincerely
Richie Sanderson
Complaints & Information Governance Assistant
(01325) 406777
References
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