EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE
DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE GRANGE, NUTHOLT LANE,
ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 4EE
Telephone: Ely (01353) 665555
DX41001 ELY Fax: (01353) 665240
www.eastcambs.gov.uk
Further to your information request FOI/EIR 20/21-103 please find your question and our response below.
Request:
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.
Response:
In respect of those requests that where answered in full or partially and the total refused please take this
as notice under FOIA, that we:
a) Consider the information as exempt from disclosure under the Act;
b) Claim exempt under sections of the Act:
Section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 c) State why the exemption applies:
31(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if
its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice - (a) the prevention or
detection of crime.
We have made the decision that during the time of Coronavirus and the government grants
available to businesses, that we are no longer publishing or providing business rates information.
This is to ensure against fraud. We will reinstate the publishing and provision of this information
once we feel that the risk of fraud has subsided. This concludes your request FOI/EIR 20/21-103
If information has been refused please treat this as a Refusal Notice for the purposes of the Act.
If you disagree with our decision or are otherwise unhappy with how we have dealt with your request in
the first instance you may approach xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx and request a review. A request for review
must be made in no more than 40 working days from the date of your this email.
Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have a right under s50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF.