FOI Request May
Dear Doncaster Borough 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.
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.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Roberts
Dear Mr Roberts
Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information.
I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 3 June 2021.
Please note that some service areas within the Council are still working on the response to Covid-19 and therefore may not be available to respond to your request at this time. Should this be the case with regard to your request, please be assured we will contact you to advise you further.
Yours sincerely
Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
Doncaster Council
Phone 01302 736000
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email [email address]
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk
Dear Mr Roberts
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 5^th May 2021 for
information about business rates properties.
Please find attached the information you have requested.
I hope that this information is useful to you.
Doncaster Council estimate that it has cost £75.00 to respond to this
request for information.
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Freedom of Information Officer,
Doncaster Council,
Civic Office,
Waterdale
Doncaster,
DN1 3BU
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01625 545700, address: Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Internet:
[2]http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
Yours sincerely,
Miss J Gaskell
Technical Adjudication and Control Officer
Customers, Digital & ICT
Doncaster Council
Phone 01302 734454 Option 2
Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
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