Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2024)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Doncaster Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 21 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
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
- Reliefs and / or exemption categories (classifications) granted or applied
- Date that reliefs and / or exemption categories granted or applied
- Value of reliefs and / or exemption categories granted or applied (in Pounds)
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)
If you are unable to provide an absolute “Occupation / Vacancy” status, please provide the balance of the information requested..
Please could you also provide a list of definitions for the codes for the Exemptions and / or Reliefs you use.
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
Dear Gavin
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 6th August 2024.
Yours sincerely,
Sophie
Sophie Ormshaw
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU
Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/
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Dear Gavin,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 9th July for information about Business Property Rates Data. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.
Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act allows for a request for information to be refused where the cost of supplying this information exceeds the appropriate limit. After carefully considering your request for information the City of Doncaster Council has decided that to respond to your request would exceed the appropriate limit as defined in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. The regulations allow a request for information to be refused where the cost of supplying this information exceeds £450 (or 18 hours of officer time).
The cost limit applies in this case because (the City of Doncaster Council does not hold a central record of this information. In order to determine the information you seek a total of 9739 records will need to be reviewed. It is estimated that each record will require a 15 second investigation. As details of 9739 records require review in order to determine this information this would result in a total time of approximately 40 hours which would exceed the time limit).
City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £49 to respond to this request for information.
Reviewing any decisions made:
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If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113.
Yours sincerely,
Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website www.doncaster.gov.uk
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