FOI Request November
Dear Rushcliffe 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
Thank you for contacting Rushcliffe Borough Council. This is an automated
reply to let you know your email has been received and will be responded
to within 10 working days.
If your email is a freedom of information (FOI) request it will be passed
to the appropriate officer of the Council for them to respond to you. You
will receive a response within 20 working days.
The information which you have provided in your request (including any
personal information) will only be used to enable us to process the
request and will at all times be treated in accordance with the Data
Protection Act. The request will be forwarded to the Council's Legal
Department which co-ordinates replies to information requests. It may also
be shared with other Departments of the Council if this is necessary to
enable us to provide the information requested. You may withdraw your
request at any time by sending an e-mail to
[email address] stating clearly that the request is
withdrawn.
PLEASE NOTE: If your email concerns any of the following functions you
will need to redirect your email to Nottinghamshire County Council at
[email address] as these are County Council services - not
functions of Rushcliffe Borough Council and we will not be able to deal
with your enquiry.
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Yours sincerely,
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Email: [Rushcliffe Borough Council request email]
Website: www.rushcliffe.gov.uk where you can make payments, complete
applications, check our opening hours, register for My Account and find
general information regarding council services.
Telephone: 0115 981 9911
Postal address: Rushcliffe Borough Council, Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road,
West Bridgford, NG2 7HY
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your freedom of information request received on 1st
November, please see our response in the attached document.
Your right to seek a review
Should you be dissatisfied with the way in which Rushcliffe Borough
Council has dealt with your request, you have the right to require us to
review our actions and decisions. If you wish to request a review, please
contact Director, Finance and Corporate services within 40 working days.
Your request must be in a recordable format (letter, email, audio tape,
etc). You will receive a full response to your request for review within
20 working days of its receipt.
If you still remain dissatisfied you have a right of appeal to the
Information Commissioner: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information
Commissioner's Office, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
We now publish FOI responses on our website, please see the link to our
disclosure log which may assist you with future requests.
[1]Disclosure Log - Rushcliffe Borough Council
Regards
Rushcliffe Borough Council Customer Services
[2][Rushcliffe Borough Council request email]
[3]www.rushcliffe.gov.uk
Telephone 0115 9819911
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