Council Tax appeals

Waiting for an internal review by Cornwall Council of their handling of this request.

Dear Cornwall Council,

Please would you furnish me with the following information as soon as possible:

1. Provide addresses of those that have successfully appealed against their council tax

2. What band of council tax were they originally and what are they now after the appeal.

3. How many refunds/rebates were credit back to them by the
council since 2008.

4. Please provide addresses indicating on a spreadsheet of addresses which were successful.

Yours faithfully,

Jamie Dee

Cornwall Council

Dear  Dee 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  

Your reference number is: 918429. 

Please make a note of this number should you wish to make any further
enquiries.  

The Council will respond to you within twenty working days of the day
after we received your request.  

Kind regards

Customer Services
Cornwall Council
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Endean Rachel, Cornwall Council

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Dear Jamie Dee

 

Please find attached a letter formally enclosing the Council’s response to
your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If
you have difficulty in opening the attachment(s), please contact me and I
will send you a copy by post.

 

Kind regards,

 

Rachel Endean

Personal Assistant to Shared Services Senior Leadership Team (Income,
Assessment and Operational Support)

Cornwall Council

Room C2.12

Carrick House

Pydar Street

Truro, Cornwall

TR1 1EB

01872 224300

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Dear Cornwall Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Cornwall Council's handling of my FOI request 'Council Tax appeals'.

As the collector of Council Tax for the County of Cornwall you must hold this information, its also very easy for you to furnish information on those that have had reductions due to appeals as you rebate them back to the ratepayer, so you do hold this information!

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

Jamie Dee

Freedom Of Information Mail, Cornwall Council

Dear Mr Dee,

 

Thank you for your request of a internal review of the response provided
to your FOI request. The Council now has 20 working days to provide the
review, you can therefore expect our response on or before 14 February.
Your complaint reference number is 930824, please quote this in any future
communication.

 

Kind regards

 

Marc Allen

Support Advisor

Communications and Strategy

Room 239

Chief Executive’s Department

Cornwall Council

01872 323650

 

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Freedom Of Information Mail, Cornwall Council

Dear Mr Dee

 

Following your request for a review of your Freedom of Information request
(918429) regarding Council Tax appeals, I can confirm that this has now
been carried out by an independent officer.  Apologies for the time taken
to reach this stage.

 

The officer’s comments and findings were as follows:-

 

“I have reviewed the response to IAR-918429 and confirm that we do not
hold the information requested.  The Valuation Office Agency provides
weekly update schedules detailing new, amended, historic and deleted
assessments.  The changes to bands listed under ‘amended’ do not detail
those that have resulted from a successful appeal.

 

The only information held on Cornwall Council’s database is the banding
history and the date of the schedule.  Unfortunately from this information
we cannot provide addresses where there has been a successful banding
appeal.

 

I am satisfied that this request was dealt with appropriately”

 

I trust that this fully answers your request.  However, if this does not
resolve the matter to your satisfaction, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner, the contact details of whom are:

FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Email: [1][email address]

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

David Foy

Policy Support Officer

 

Communications and Strategy

Chief Executive’s Department

Cornwall Council

 

Tel:  01872 322620

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Room 239, County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY

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Dear Freedom Of Information Mail,

You do hold the information as the valuation office inform you when someone has appealed down a banding and therefore you adjust their liability and issue a refund on any overpayment made.

On that basis, would you like to reconsider your answer?

Yours sincerely,

Jamie Dee