Expanded Retail Discount

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Dear South Norfolk District Council,

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000.

In accordance with the provisions specified within the above Act I hereby request the following information.
Required Information; - A list of all hereditaments where you have granted EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT for the 2020/21 rate year.
This request relates to business rates but please only refer us to data available for download on your website if it contains the requested EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT data.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. This is not the Rate Demand or Account Number.
• Current Rateable Value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address)

Please provide the information in an electronic, spreadsheet format ideally excel. The Act requires that a response be provided within a period of 20 working days from the date hereof.

This request for information falls within the parameters of the Act but if you require clarification on any of the points above or should you wish to discuss this further then please do not hesitate to contact me. The requested information passes all required public interest tests and other requirements and is not exempt from disclosure.

Yours sincerely

Richard Roberts

Right2Know,

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Information relating to Norfolk County Council:

 

If your request relates to any of the following, you should refer your
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Information that is published on our website:

 

If your request relates to the following information, I should advise that
this information is exempt under Section 21 (1) of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, as the information is reasonably accessible via our
website: [2]https://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/about-u...

 

·      Council Budgets - refer to our Budget Books
·      Contracts - refer to the Council’s Contract
Register
·      Business Rates - refer to details about all Business
Rate accounts
·      Staff - refer to the Senior Structure Chart
·      Money spent - refer to data relating to spending
over £250
·      National Assistance Funerals - refer to our list of funerals, inc.
spend

 

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of the exemption, you have a right of appeal against our decision.  In the
first instance this appeal must be internal, and you can email
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