Expanded Retail Discount October 2020

The request was refused by Stratford on Avon District Council.

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 faithfully,

Richard roberts

Info, Stratford on Avon District Council

 

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Stratford on Avon District Council

Processing Freedom of Information Request
Freedom of Information #20737
Dear Richard Roberts,

We have started processing your Freedom of Information request. A response
may take up to 20 working days. If you have not received a response after
05/11/2020 , please contact the council ([email address]).

Your Freedom of Information reference number is #20737.

Regards,

Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford-on-Avon District Council

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Stratford on Avon District Council

Freedom of Information Response
#20737
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 Gavin Chait, Stratford District Council will
not disclose any details about specific account details.

This includes any reliefs, discounts or exemptions applied on accounts as
there is a high risk of these details being used fraudulently to obtain
governments funds, grants or other reliefs that may become available.

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,
Warwickshire
CV37 6HX.

Regards,

Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford-on-Avon District Council

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