Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2020)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to North Kesteven District 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 North Kesteven 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
Ref No: 20/125
09 July 2020
Dear Mr Chait,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding: Business
Property Rates Data (Q2 2020).
We can confirm your request was received on 09 July 2020. This will be
dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
answered within twenty working days.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
If you have any queries about this request please contact the Corporate
Information Team, quoting the above reference number.
Yours sincerely
Graeme Napier
Freedom of Information
[1]NKDC [2]Facebook [3]YouTube Tel: 01529 414155
Twitter Email: foi@n‑kesteven.gov.uk
[HNG53VF58] [4]www.n-kesteven.gov.uk
Kesteven Street , Sleaford , NG34 7EF
[5]Coronavirus NHS
Ref No: 20/125
23 July 2020
Dear Mr Chait,
We refer to previous correspondence regarding your request for information
relating to: Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2020).
The information is attached.
Please note that “Correspondence or Billing Address and Postcode,
including telephone number and email address,” information is exempt under
section 40 (personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), as the address could be the business owner’s personal address.
Section 40(2) provides that personal data about third parties is exempt
information if one of the conditions set out in section 40(3) is
satisfied. Under the FOI Act disclosure of this information would breach
the fair processing principle contained in the Data Protection Act (DPA),
where it would be unfair to that person/is confidential.
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,
quoting the above reference number, via email at: [North Kesteven District Council request email] or
by post to North Kesteven District Council, Corporate and Customer
Services, Kesteven Street, Sleaford, Lincs, NG34 7EF.
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: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.
Yours sincerely
Graeme Napier
Freedom of Information
[1]NKDC [2]Facebook [3]YouTube Tel: 01529 414155
Twitter Email: foi@n‑kesteven.gov.uk
[HNG53VF58] [4]www.n-kesteven.gov.uk
Kesteven Street , Sleaford , NG34 7EF
[5]Coronavirus NHS
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