Retail Discount FOI
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.
Required Information; - A list of all RV's up to £51k where you have granted retail discount relief for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 rate year.
• 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)
• Where there is a relief on the account please provide the date it was applied and the type of relief (e.g. charity)
• 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.
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.
Richard Roberts
Dear Richard Roberts
Further to your Freedom of Information request received by Braintree
District Council, I write to advise you of the following:
The Freedom of Information Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to the exemptions contained within the Act. The Act does
not require the Council to create information to respond to a request if
the requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion or comment.
With regard to your request, I write to advise you of the following:
The Council considers that the information you have requested (Business
Rates information) is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Act -
Information accessible by other means, namely the Braintree District
Council website at the following link:
[1]https://www.braintree.gov.uk/downloads/d...
If you disagree with the Council’s decision in respect of your freedom of
information request or are otherwise unhappy with how the Council has
dealt with your request in the first instance you may approach Emma Wisbey
Governance and Member Manager in writing at the following address:
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB.
Kind regards
Mike Gosling
Performance & Information Officer
Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB
01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk
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