Council tax on empty homes and second homes in 2009-2018

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Dear Sirs,

I am a researcher in Economics at University College London.

For my research, I would need the council tax discount/premium on second homes, on homes empty for longer than 6 months and homes empty for longer than 2 years as a percentage of the standard council tax in your council from 2009 to 2018.

The following link contains an excel template of the exact information I would need for my research:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...

Could you please send me an excel file that replicates the template with the tax premium/discounts applied in your council?

Yours sincerely,
Enrico Miglino

Bamber, Andrew, South Ribble Borough Council

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Dear Enrico,

 

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click on the link you have provided.  If you could send me the link in a
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Dear Sirs,

The template in the link is not important, I would simply need the following information in the format you prefer.

For each year from 2009 to 2018:
1) the council tax on second homes, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate
2) the council tax on homes empty for longer than 6 months, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate
3) the council tax on homes empty for longer than 2 years, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate.

Let me know if you have any other question.
Yours sincerely,

Enrico Miglino

Dear South Ribble Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of South Ribble Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Council tax on empty homes and second homes in 2009-2018'.

More than 20 working days have passed since my request and my clarification.
Let me repeat my request.
For each year from 2009 to 2018, I would need:
1) the council tax on second homes, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate
2) the council tax on homes empty for longer than 6 months, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate
3) the council tax on homes empty for longer than 2 years, as a percentage of the standard council tax rate.

Let me know if you have any other question.
Yours sincerely,

Enrico Miglino