Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q1 2018)
Gavin Chait made this Freedom of Information request to Stockton on Tees Council as part of a batch sent to 8 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Stockton on Tees 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
Dear Gavin Chait
Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004 – Ref: 1531/1718
Thank you for your correspondence received on 11 January 2018
Your request is being considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (whichever is most
appropriate). You will receive the information requested within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days.
However, please note the Acts define a number of exemptions that may
prevent release of the requested information. There will therefore be an
assessment of your request to determine if any exemptions apply to the
information requested. If the information cannot be released, or only
released in part you will be informed of the reasons why, together with
any rights of appeal.
If the information requested refers to a third party, they may be
consulted before deciding whether it can be released.
Yours sincerely,
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
(01642) 527455
[1][email address]
[2]www.stockton.gov.uk
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Dear Gavin Chait,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 1531/1718
Thank you for your correspondence received on 11 January 2018.
Business rate information is published on the Stockton-On-Tees Borough
Council website on a quarterly basis. The most recent publication can be
found [1]here.
If the information you have requested falls outside of the timeframe
currently published, the information is intended for future publication,
therefore disclosure at this time is exempt under Section 22 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2004.
The next publication will be on 6 April 2018.
If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.
However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint to
[2][email address]
If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website:
www.ico.org.uk.
The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.
Yours sincerely,
Alison Croymans
Information Governance Team
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
(01642) 527455
[3][email address]
[4]www.stockton.gov.uk
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