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

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Dear North Dorset 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

North Dorset District Council

Dear Mr Chait,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 15/01/2018. Please quote your reference number
(28702) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team at Dorset Councils Partnership, a partnership
between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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North Dorset District Council

Dear Mr Chait ,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 15/01/2018. Please quote your reference number
(3700) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team at Dorset Councils Partnership, a partnership
between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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North Dorset District Council

Dear Mr Chait,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 15/01/2018. Please quote your reference number
(35900) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team at Dorset Councils Partnership, a partnership
between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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Dear Mr Gavin Chait,

Regarding the following Information Access 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.

Data attached for this request extracted 03.01.18. Records relating to
named individuals have been removed.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to Roger Greene, Monitoring
Officer at [email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number
above in any future communications.  If you are not content with the
outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Lisa Camp

Customer Services Support Officer

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Dear Mr Gavin Chait

Regarding the following Information Access 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.

Data attached for this request extracted 03.01.18. Records relating to
named individuals have been removed.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to Roger Greene, Monitoring
Officer at [email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number
above in any future communications.  If you are not content with the
outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Lisa Camp

Customer Services Support Officer

Disclaimer

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Dear Lisa Camp,

Thank you for the data provided for West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland. Can you also attach the data for North Dorset?

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Chait

FOI West Dorset,

Dear Mr Chait

Council tax and business rates for NDDC are dealt with by Stour Valley &
Poole Partnership. Your request is being actioned by them however I will
chase this up,

Regards

Lisa Camp
Customer Services Support Officer

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Lisa Camp,

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Dear Mr Gavin Chait,

Regarding the following Information Access 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.

Spreadsheet attached.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to Roger Greene, Monitoring
Officer at [email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number
above in any future communications.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the final outcome of the internal
review then you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner (the
'ICO') for an independent review. The ICO is the Government’s Independent
Body responsible for overseeing the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
Data Protection Act 1998 and The Environmental Information Regulations
2004. Please note the ICO will normally only review cases that have
exhausted the Dorset Council Partnerships’ internal review procedure. All
correspondence to the ICO must quote your reference number and your
reasons for your appeal. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

The Information Commissioners Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

More information can be found at the ICO’s website at
http://www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Lisa Camp

Customer Services Support Officer

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