Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2020)

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Dear Harrow 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

Donella Isaaks, Harrow Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 5836059

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Dear Mr. Chait
 
Thank you for your information request. We will forward it to the
relevant department who will contact you shortly.
 
Information Management Team
Harrow Council
Civic Centre, Civic 1
3rd Floor, West Wing
Station Road
Harrow
HA1 2XF
[Harrow Borough Council request email]
 
 
  
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Donella Isaaks, Harrow Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 5836059

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Dear Mr. Chait
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 13 October
2020 for the following information:
 
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.
 
As this info is now available on the public domain you will be able to go
to this link for the above information.

[1]https://www.harrow.gov.uk/business-rates...

Your FOI request has now been withdrawn.

 

Kind Regards

FOI Team

 

 
 
  
Privacy Notice
We take your privacy seriously and want you to understand the choice and
control you have over the personal data we hold about you. To find out
more, please
view our Privacy Notice at http://www.harrow.gov.uk/privacy

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