Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to South Northamptonshire District Council as part of a batch sent to 15 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear South Northamptonshire District 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 a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data for your local authority, and including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Reference Code (linking the property to the VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupied / Vacant
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)
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.
Please provide this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence.
We last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an updated and current dataset.
I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and we intend to update this national series every three months. Could we request that - as more than 30% of local authorities already do - you update and release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service. You should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, if you wish to contact us regarding your request please email [email address] and quote case reference 101000799290
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Council is dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act. This means the Council has 20 working days to respond to your request. Unless the Council does not have the information or determines that, if it has the information, it is not required to release it to you, the Council should send you the information requested, or a notification of the cost of supplying that information.
There are two circumstances in which you may be asked to pay for information provided as a result of your request.
1. If you are provided with any information as a result of your request, you will be required to pay the Council's disbursements in providing that information. Please note there is no limit on the amount you may be charged, although you will not be charged at all if the disbursements amount to less than £450.00.
Disbursements consist of any costs arising from:
- Complying with your request for the information to be provided in a particular format;
- Reproducing the document;
- Costs of postage or fax.
You will be notified of any disbursement costs once the Council is in a position to provide the information requested and the Council will not release the information until these costs have been paid. You will have 3 months to pay the disbursement costs from the date you are notified of these costs.
2. The Council may also determine that it is not obliged to release the information because it will cost more than £450 to locate, retrieve and extract the requested information. If this is the case, the Council may still offer to provide the information for the amount it will cost for it to do this. In this case you will be notified of the cost of this information before it is supplied at which point you will have 3 months to decide whether or not you wish to pay this cost.
You may also be required to pay disbursements on top of this amount.
If the Council confirms it has the information but considers that it is not required to release it, you will be given a written notification detailing why the information is not being released.
FOI Admin
Direct Tel: 01327 322287
Email:[email address]
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Dear South Northamptonshire District Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of South Northamptonshire District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data'.
Please note that my request for information from 29 March 2017 has not been responded to within the statutory time-frame. Please could you prioritize this as a matter of importance.
To repeat my original request:
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 a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data for your local authority, and including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Reference Code (linking the property to the VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupied / Vacant
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)
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.
Please provide this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence.
I last requested this data three months ago, and this is a request for an updated and current dataset.
I'm sure you get many requests for business rates and I intend to update this national series every three months. Could I request that - as more than 30% of local authorities already do - you update and release this dataset via a dedicated page on your local authority website or on an open data service. You should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Chait
Miss Jacey Scott
Joint Revenues and Recovery Team Leader
Direct dial: 01327 322162 | email:
[1][email address]
Cherwell District Council | Bodicote House | Bodicote | Banbury | Oxon |
OX15 4AA[2]www.cherwell.gov.uk
South Northamptonshire Council | The Forum | Towcester | Northants | NN12
6AE [3]www.southnorthants.gov.uk
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PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, if you wish to contact us regarding your request please email [email address] and quote case reference 101000823107
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Council is dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act. This means the Council has 20 working days to respond to your request. Unless the Council does not have the information or determines that, if it has the information, it is not required to release it to you, the Council should send you the information requested, or a notification of the cost of supplying that information.
There are two circumstances in which you may be asked to pay for information provided as a result of your request.
1. If you are provided with any information as a result of your request, you will be required to pay the Council's disbursements in providing that information. Please note there is no limit on the amount you may be charged, although you will not be charged at all if the disbursements amount to less than £450.00.
Disbursements consist of any costs arising from:
- Complying with your request for the information to be provided in a particular format;
- Reproducing the document;
- Costs of postage or fax.
You will be notified of any disbursement costs once the Council is in a position to provide the information requested and the Council will not release the information until these costs have been paid. You will have 3 months to pay the disbursement costs from the date you are notified of these costs.
2. The Council may also determine that it is not obliged to release the information because it will cost more than £450 to locate, retrieve and extract the requested information. If this is the case, the Council may still offer to provide the information for the amount it will cost for it to do this. In this case you will be notified of the cost of this information before it is supplied at which point you will have 3 months to decide whether or not you wish to pay this cost.
You may also be required to pay disbursements on top of this amount.
If the Council confirms it has the information but considers that it is not required to release it, you will be given a written notification detailing why the information is not being released.
FOI Admin
Direct Tel: 01327 322287
Email:[email address]
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, if you wish to contact us regarding your request please email [email address] and quote case reference 101000823107
This e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential and may contain legally privileged information.
You should not disclose its contents to any other person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.
Whilst the Council has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the risk of computer software viruses, it cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of such viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail(and/or any attachments).
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this e-mail represent only the views of the sender and does not impose any legal obligation upon the Council or commit the Council to any course of action.
Dear Mr Chait,
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Reference 101000823107
Please find below the response to your request under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act.
Please see the attached spreadsheet in full response to your request.
The Council endeavours to answer requests for information as fully and
accurately as possible. If you are not satisfied with this response, you
may request an internal review by contacting the Chief Executive at South
Northamptonshire Council, The Forum, Moat Lane, Towcester NN12 6AD. If
following the review you are still not satisfied with the Council’s
response, you are advised to contact the Information Commissioner directly
at the Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or on [1][email address].
Kind Regards,
Sent on behalf of the Revenues Department
Tina Henfrey
Practice Management Support Officer
Cherwell and South Northamptonshire Councils Shared Legal Service
Direct Tel: 01327 322287
Email: [2][email address]
[3]www.cherwell.gov.uk | [4]www.southnorthants.gov.uk
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My normal working days are Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 2:00pm
This e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential and may
contain legally privileged information. You should not disclose its
contents to any other person. If you are not the intended recipient,
please notify the sender immediately.
Whilst the Council has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the
risk of computer software viruses, it cannot accept liability for any
damage which you may sustain as a result of such viruses. You should carry
out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail(and/or any
attachments).
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this e-mail represent
only the views of the sender and does not impose any legal obligation upon
the Council or commit the Council to any course of action.
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