Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2021)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Sunderland City Council as part of a batch sent to 47 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Sunderland City 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. Most recently, these data were used by MHCLG for the assessment of support to local authorities via the LEVELLING UP FUND.
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 sincerely
Gavin Chait
Re: Your request for information concerning:
Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data
The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.
I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.
Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.
Customer Request Number: FOI_3564
Dear Mr Chait
Your request for information FOI_3564
I am writing to explain that there will be a delay in replying to your
request due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic. You
will understand that we currently have to give priority to providing the
most urgent services to protect and support vulnerable people. We are also
working with lower staffing levels than usual.
The response to your request will be provided once resources allow but
regrettably I am currently unable to indicate when that will be.
Many thanks
Regards
Suzanne Vickery
Sunderland City Council
From: Solicitor - Freedom of Information
Sent: 12 April 2021 14:30
To: Gavin Chait <[1][FOI #745959 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2021)
Re: Your request for information concerning:
Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data
The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.
I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.
Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.
Customer Request Number: FOI_3564
Dear Mr Chait
Please see attached response to your freedom of information request and
please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.
Kind regards
Sharon
Sharon Holden IRRV (Hons)
Revenues Manager
Corporate Services
Sunderland City Council
Tel: 0191 561 1899
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