FOI Request February 2023

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Reference: FOI-489087904
Date of request: 20/02/2023
Title of request: Business Rates

Dear Richard roberts,

Thank you for completing the Freedom of Information Request form. Your
request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and will be answered within 20 working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact
us. Please remember to quote the reference number in any future
communications.

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(including any attachments) is intended only for the recipient(s) named
above. It may contain restricted or privileged information and should not
be read, copied or otherwise used by any other person unless express
permission is given. If you are not a named recipient, please contact the
sender and delete the email from the system. It is the recipient's
responsibility to ensure that appropriate measures are in place to check
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We will use your information to provide the service requested. We may
share your personal data between our services and with partner
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government bodies and the police. We will do so when it is of benefit to
you, is required by law, or to prevent or detect fraud. To find out more,
go to [4]www.brentwood.gov.uk/privacy -
[5]new.rochford.gov.uk/data-protection.

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Reference: FOI-489087904
Date of request: 20/02/2023
Title of request: Business Rates
Information request:

In accordance with the provisions specified within the above Act I hereby
request the following information.

All information requested relates to Business Rates.

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.

Required Information;- A list of all live business rates accounts with a
2017 list Rateable Value.

•             Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority
Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. Please note
that this is not the Rate Demand or Rate Account Number.

•             Current rateable value

•             Account holder name

•             Property address

•             The billing address (where different to the property
address), the contact telephone number and email address

•             The date the current ratepayer became liable for the
business rates – we do not require any historical account liability dates
only the current ratepayers liability start date

•             whether a property is empty or occupied

•             Where a property is currently empty please provide the date
the ratepayer became liable for empty rates

•             Where there is an exemption on the account please provide
the start and end date and type of exemption applied (e.g. listed
building)

•             Where there is a relief on the account please provide the
date it was applied and the type of relief (e.g. Retail Discount)

•             We do not require any personal information or sole traders.

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.

Dear Richard roberts,

Thank you for your submitted request of 20.3.23 where you requested
information about business rates. 

The information you requested is available through the web page -
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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 request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: 

Complaints Coordinator, Brentwood Borough Council, Town Hall, Ingrave
Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AY

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

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. [2]www.ico.org.uk.

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate).

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permission is given. If you are not a named recipient, please contact the
sender and delete the email from the system. It is the recipient's
responsibility to ensure that appropriate measures are in place to check
for software viruses.

We will use your information to provide the service requested. We may
share your personal data between our services and with partner
organisations, such as other local authorities, strategic partnerships,
government bodies and the police. We will do so when it is of benefit to
you, is required by law, or to prevent or detect fraud. To find out more,
go to [6]www.brentwood.gov.uk/privacy -
[7]new.rochford.gov.uk/data-protection.

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