Dear Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI-1376

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

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information,
if held, within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to
the information not being exempt.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully

Diane Baker
Fraud and Investigation Manager (with responsibility for Information
Management)
Peterborough City Council
Town Hall
Peterborough
PE1 1HG

[email address]

Telephone 01733 452559

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Dear Ms Davis

Your request for information has now been considered. The information
requested is as follows;

(a) addresses and rateable values of empty Commercial properties

that are within Peterborough City Council area; and

(b) the names of the owners of those properties referred to in (a)

Please see spreadsheet attached.

However following from Information Tribunal decision in Colin England v LB
Bexley on 10/5/07, Peterborough City Council reveals only names and
addresses of empty properties that are NOT owned by natural persons. This
is on the basis that S.31(1)(a) of the Act- Law Enforcement applies even
if the purpose of collation of the information was not the prevention of
crime per se and that the public interest on balance would not be served
by release of vacant properties owned by individuals. The Tribunal also
found that s.40 -Personal information applied and that `addresses' of
individuals was included in the term `personal data' under the Data
Protection Act and should on balance not be released. For you
information the council no longer owns any domestic properties following
the large scale voluntary transfer to Cross Keys. In cases where the
commercial properties are owned by the authority this is indicated
accordingly in the appropriate column on the spreadsheet.

<<R-1376-2-P.xls>>

The information supplied to you in response to your request is the
copyright of Peterborough City Council and is protected by the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988. You may use it for the purposes permitted by
that Act, including non-commercial research and news reporting. Any other
re-use, for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the
copyright holder. If you wish to re-use any information supplied you must
first gain the Council's explicit written consent. In order to make a
request to re-use the information please contact me at the address above.

If you have any queries or concerns or you are dissatisfied with the
handling of your request then please contact me.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

[1]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx

Yours sincerely

Sean Dykes

Temporary Information Manager

Peterborough City Council

Town Hall

Peterborough

PE1 1HG

[email address]

Telephone 01733 452295

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