Expanded Retail Discount October 2020
Dear Epping Forest 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
Dear Richard Roberts,
Freedom of Information Request Ref:1434
I refer to your recent request for information about all hereditaments
where you have granted EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT for the 2020/21 rate year,
which was received by the Council on Thursday 8th October 2020.
Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.
If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.
Yours faithfully,
Garry Pelka
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
Dear Richard Roberts,
Freedom of Information Request Ref: 1434
I refer to your recent request for information about all hereditaments
where we have granted EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT for the 2020/21 rate year.
The information you requested is enclosed (One document)
Under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act, we have redacted
details of Sole Traders and have not included "the billing address if
different", as this can also be used to link into other personal data for
sole traders. As section 40 is an absolute exemption, the Council is not
required to perform a Public Interest test.
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright.
You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be
also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news
reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would
require the permission of the copyright holder.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Nathalie
Boateng - Shared Head of Legal Services, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.
Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours faithfully,
Garry Pelka
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
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