Dear Mr Chait

Request for information

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) dated 11/01/2018 which was received by Wrexham County Borough
Council on 12/01/2018.  Under the FOIA, we have 20 working days to comply
with your request and you should expect a full response by 08/02/2018.

The Council has a right to make a charge on all requests, to cover the
cost of disbursements, including photocopying and postage, and a list of
our charges are available on our website:
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We will make every effort to ensure you receive a response by the due
date.  However, we will notify you if there is a need to extend the time
limit and give you an estimate of when you can expect to receive a
response.

This is the link to ‘Guidance Note for Applicants’ which explains our
process in dealing with requests:
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Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Team / TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig

ICT Service / Y Gwasanaeth TGCh

Corporate and Customer Services Department / Adran Gwasanaethau
Corfforaethol a Chwsmeriaid

Wrexham County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam

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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 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

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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.

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Dear Mr Chait

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act, please find attached the response from Wrexham County Borough
Council.

If you are unhappy with the way the Council has handled your request, you
may ask for an internal review.  Please contact [1][Wrexham Council request email]
01978 292000 if you require an internal review of your case.

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 – Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AS, telephone 01625 545745,
[2]www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Trevor Coxon

Head of Corporate and Customer Services/

Pennaeth Gwasanaethau Cwsmeriaid a Chorfforaethol

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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 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

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb i unrhyw ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at unrhyw oedi.

Ewch i weld - mi fedrwch chi dalu, rhoi gwybod, gwneud cais, dweud eich 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 yngl?n ? chynnwys a defnyddio?r neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau, cyfeiriwch at www.wrecsam.gov.uk/top_navigation/discla...

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 information online at www.wrexham.gov.uk. Save paper - think before you print!

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