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

The request was refused by Hillingdon Borough Council.

Dear Hillingdon 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

Residents Services FOI, Hillingdon Borough Council

Dear Gavin Chait,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 13/10/2020  
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests.  Therefore, the deadline for our response is
10/11/2020
“Your request for information may be delayed due to urgent operational
responses to dealing with Covid_19 priorities. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. We do remain committed to responding to your
request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our response to
your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with
our response, you have the right to complain to the Information
Commissioners Office. Their contact details are Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF”.
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Liaison Officer /FOI Officer
Resident Services
________________________________
From: Gavin Chait <[FOI #698290 email]>
Sent: 13 October 2020 12:09
To: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2020)

Dear Hillingdon 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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FOI, Hillingdon Borough Council

FOI 8492901
Dear Gavin Chait, 

I am writing in response to your request for information below. 

  

We decline to provide a response pursuant to section 22 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 because the information is held by the
Local Authority with a view to publish it at some future date (and is
currently withheld due to the risk of fraud at this time).

 

If you have any queries regarding this matter please do not hesitate to
contact me. 

If you wish to request an internal review of our response you should
write, within 2 months, to:

Office Managing Partner, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge,
UB8 1UW (or via email to [1][Hillingdon Borough Council request email] marked for the attention
of the Office Managing Partner).

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 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. 

Kind regards,
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer | London Borough of
Hillingdon | Legal Services 3E/04
Tel: 01895 55 6351 | FOI Email: [2][Hillingdon Borough Council request email] | SAR
Email: [3][email address
Address: London Borough of Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW

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From: Residents Services FOI <[email address]>
Sent: 21 October 2020 16:08
To: [FOI #698290 email]
<[FOI #698290 email]>
Cc: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI 8492901 - From: Gavin Chait - Due: 10th November 2020
 
Dear Gavin Chait,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 13/10/2020  
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests.  Therefore, the deadline for our response is
10/11/2020
“Your request for information may be delayed due to urgent operational
responses to dealing with Covid_19 priorities. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. We do remain committed to responding to your
request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our response to
your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with
our response, you have the right to complain to the Information
Commissioners Office. Their contact details are Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF”.
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Liaison Officer /FOI Officer
Resident Services
________________________________
From: Gavin Chait <[FOI #698290 email]>
Sent: 13 October 2020 12:09
To: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q3 2020)

Dear Hillingdon 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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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[FOI #698290 email]

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