Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2021)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Doncaster Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 33 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Doncaster 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. 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
Dear Mr Chait
Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information.
I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 11 February 2022.
Please note that some service areas within the Council are still working on the response to Covid-19 and therefore may not be available to respond to your request at this time. Should this be the case with regard to your request, please be assured we will contact you to advise you further.
Yours sincerely
Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
Doncaster Council
Phone 01302 7360000
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email [email address]
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk
Dear Gavin
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 14^th January 2022
for information about business rates properties and I apologise for the
delay in my reply.
Please find attached the information you have requested.
I hope that this information is useful to you.
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request for information.
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Doncaster,
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Yours sincerely,
Miss J Gaskell
Technical Adjudication and Control Officer
Customers, Digital & ICT
Doncaster Council
Phone 01302 734454 Option 2
Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
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