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

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Miglino,

 

 

Request for Information RFI0738/19

 

Thank you for your request for information about Council tax on empty
homes and second homes in 200, which was received on 17 May 2019.

 

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Julie Noble

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sirs,

By law you should respond to my request within 20 working days. My request was sent more than a month ago, could you please answer to my email?
Let me know if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,

Enrico Miglino

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Miglino,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI0738/19

 

Further to your request for information about Council tax on empty homes
and second homes, please accept my sincerest apologies for the late reply.

 

I can tell you the following:

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

Julie Noble on behalf of

 

Patrick Morrison

Project Lead

 

Money, Home, Job

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