Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2020)

The request was refused by Mansfield District Council.

Dear Mansfield District 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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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email requesting information held by Mansfield District
Council.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

Your privacy: We use your personal information such as name and address so
that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.
For further details about the use of information about you, please see the
privacy notice on our website at
[1]http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/privacy.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.

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Dear Mr Chait
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – Ref No: 006178
 
Thank you for your email of the 9 July 2020 where you requested our
complete and most-recently updated list of all business (non-residential)
property rates data.
 
I can confirm that Mansfield District Council holds this information.  The
information is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), because the information is accessible to you, as it is already in
the public domain.  You can access it at:
 
[1]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/business-pr...
 
We use your personal information such as name and address so that we can
comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further
details about the use of information about you, please see the privacy
notice on our website at [2]http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/privacy.
 
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: Freedom of Information,
Ashfield and Mansfield Legal Services, Ashfield District Council, Urban
Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 8DA or
[3][Mansfield District Council request email].
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Customer
Contact, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or [4][email address].  You can also call 0303 123
1113 (local rate – calls to this number cost the same as calls to 01 or 02
numbers).
 
Yours sincerely
 
Colin Sawers
Information Officer
Ashfield and Mansfield Legal Services

Ashfield District Council
Urban Road
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
NOTTINGHAM
NG17 8DA

Tel: (01623) 457332
Email: [email address]

Ashfield District Council -
[5]https://www.ashfield.gov.uk/your-council...
Mansfield District Council -
[6]https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/data-protec...
 
 
 
 

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