Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2018)

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Dear Rochford 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.
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 responding and managing these FOIs must be costly for you. Could I request that - as more than 53% 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. I can recommend approaches for you to consider, and you should find that this reduces the time and cost of this request process.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

Rochford District Council

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Dear Mr Chait,

 

Thank you for your email. I have passed your email as a Freedom of
Information Request to Julie O’Brien, who will reply to your request
within the next 20 working days.

 

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact
Customer Services again.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mrs Dawn Warren, Customer Services Contact Advisor, Customer Services,

Rochford District Council

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Dear Mr Chait,

 

Thank you for your request for information which has been dealt with under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

 

Please be advised that, the Council now publishes Business Rates Data
Sets, including a full  list, on its website at the following link:
[1]https://www.rochford.gov.uk/business/bus...
You will find here routinely available the most recent information
reported and that you can interrogate / filter on as required.  Kindly
note that, under section 40(2) of the Act (personal information
exemption), this does not include non-Corporate names, account numbers or
account holder contact details to avoid disclosure of personal
identities. 

 

It will not now be necessary to submit a freedom of information request
alike that below, unless you have additional details required that are not
located within the published data, and in which case please email
[2][email address] accordingly.

 

I trust that you find the above information useful, but if you are unhappy
with the way in which your request for information has been dealt with,
you can request a review by writing to the Assistant Director of Legal
Services, Rochford District Council, South Street, Rochford SS4 1BW or
alternatively by email to [3][Rochford District Council request email].

 

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There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

 

Thanks and Regards

Julie

 

Julie O’Brien, Information Co-ordinator, Legal Services

Rochford District Council

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