Dear Mr Brown

Your request for information ref: SOT-117867

Thank you for your request for a list of all empty/disused buildings in
the area that are owned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.  Your request was
received by the Information Rights Team on 03 March 2023.  This is being
dealt with under the terms of the appropriate Information Rights
legislation.

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we will let you know, as you will be required to pay this before we deal
with your request.

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possible.  If another person or organisation is named in the information,
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March 2023 in line with the legislation's 20 working day statutory
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Yours sincerely

Information Rights Team

Information Rights

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Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH

City of Stoke-on-Trent 

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Dear Mr Brown

Your request for information ref. SOT-117867

Thank you for your email requesting information about empty properties
owned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

Under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act we do not have to
provide information if it is already reasonably accessible to you.  The
information that you have requested is now available on our website via
the following link –

[1]Data directory - Business rates accounts with relief | Stoke-on-Trent

From the above link you will need to filter the company name to properties
for Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and for those with Empty Property Relief.
You will then need to cross reference the property reference number with
the all business rates accounts to obtain the full address. 

[2]Data directory - All business rates accounts | Stoke-on-Trent

This information will be updated on our website every quarter year. Your
request therefore also engages section 22 of the Act and information for
the time period you have specified will not be provided.

Section 22(1)(a)&(b) (information intended for future publication) states
that information is exempt if it is held by the public authority with a
view to its publication, by the authority or any other person, at some
future date (whether determined or not); or the information was already
held with a view to such publication at the time when the request for
information was made.

You can find details of how we handle your personal information by
visiting [3]www.stoke.gov.uk/dataprotection

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Team

Information Rights

Floor 4 Civic Centre Glebe Street

Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH

City of Stoke-on-Trent 

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Request

Dear Stoke on Trent City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request a list
of all Empty/Disused buildings in the are that you hold. This is to
include, names, addresses; and use type.

This would mean all buildings that are unoccupied, abandoned, and/or
derelict, this includes Business buildings, Schools, and Healthcare
buildings etc,; owned by Stoke-On-Trent City Council.

Please note that I am not asking for a list of  empty residential homes
which are available for rent/purchase.

Yours faithfully,

Loris Brown

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else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the
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an offer or acceptance, forming any contractual obligations.

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reliance placed on the contents of this message.

All email traffic, whether sent via public or private networks, is subject
to appropriate recording and monitoring in accordance with relevant
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required by law to disclose details of them.

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