Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2024)

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Dear Wrexham County 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

foi, Wrexham County Borough Council

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Dear Mr Chait

 

Request for information

Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Thank you for your request to Wrexham County Borough Council for
information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) (FOIA) received on
09/07/2024. Under the FOIA, we have 20 working days to comply with your
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Yours sincerely

TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig/ Corporate Information Team

Llywodraethu a Chwsmeriaid /Governance & Customer

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam/ Wrexham County Borough Council

 

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From: Gavin Chait <[FOI #1145043 email]>
Sent: 09 July 2024 13:56
To: foi <[Wrexham Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2024)

 

Dear Wrexham County 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

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Dear Mr Chait

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Yours sincerely

TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig /Corporate Information Team

Llywodraethu a Chwsmeriaid / Governance & Customer

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam /Wrexham County Borough Council

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From: Gavin Chait <[FOI #1145043 email]>
Sent: 09 July 2024 13:56
To: foi <[Wrexham Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complete Non-Residential /
Business Property Rates Data (Q2 2024)

Dear Wrexham County 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

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dweud, a dod o hyd i wybodaeth ar-lein yn www.wrecsam.gov.uk. Arbedwch
bapur - meddyliwch cyn argraffu!

Mae'r neges e-bost hon ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi eu bwriadu ar gyfer yr
unigolyn neu’r sefydliad y’i cyfeirir atynt yn unig. Am yr amodau llawn
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We welcome correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to any correspondence
in Welsh and this will not lead to any delay.

Take a look - you can pay, report, request, have your say and find
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