Expanded Retail Discount
Dear Stratford on Avon 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
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FOI Response #14933
FOI #14933
Dear Richard Roberts
Further to your request, following the decision of the first -tier Tribunal
(General Regulatory Chamber) Information Rights heard at Sheffield Magistrates
Court on 7th October 2019 before Judge Sophie Buckley, Dave Sivers, Paul Taylor
between Westminster City Council and The Information Commissioner and Gavic
Chait, Stratford District Council will not disclose details of businesses that
are eligible for extended retail rates relief at this time as it could lead a
business open to fraudulent claims being made against their account and at this
particular time fraudulent Covid 19 business grants being applied for. The
criteria for Expanded rate relief is available on our website here:
https://www.stratford.gov.uk/business-in....
The question asked was not answered for the following legal reason(s) -
* Section 31 - Disclosure of the information would be likely to prejudice law
enforcement activities including those relating to tax collection and
immigration controls
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right
to ask for an internal review. An internal review request should be submitted
in writing within 40 working days of receiving the original reply and should be
addressed to:
Phil Grafton, Monitoring Officer, Stratford-on-Avon District Council,
Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the
right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Regards
Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
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