Vacant commercial properties

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Dear Dudley Council,

Could you kindly provide a list of vacant commercial properties in the borough identifying which are owned by the council or other public body and which are privately owned.

For the properties owned by the council or another public body, could you kindly identify if these are owned or leased.

Could the list kindly include the following: (a) 1. addresses, 2. rateable values 3. date vacated; of empty Commercial properties that are within your area, which have been vacant for longer than 3 months; and

(b) the names and addresses of the owners of those properties referred to in (a)

If this could be supplied in a csv (spreadsheet) format this would certainly be appreciated.

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Sam James

Dudley Triggers, Dudley Council

Dear Sam James,

Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request DMBCIR:17389
Description : List of Empty Commercial Properties

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Our ref:     RFI 17389 Direct Line: 01384 815607 Date: 04/06/2018

 
Sam James
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04/06/2018
 
Dear Sam James,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 17389
 
Your request for information has now been considered and I write to inform
you that the information you have requested is exempt from disclosure
under the provisions of the Act.
 
Your request and our response.
 
Could you kindly provide a list of vacant commercial properties in the
borough identifying which are owned by the council or other public body
and which are privately owned.
 
For the properties owned by the council or another public body, could you
kindly identify if these are owned or leased.
 
Could the list kindly include the following: (a) 1. addresses, 2. rateable
values 3. date vacated; of empty Commercial properties that are within
your area, which have been vacant for longer than 3 months; and
 
(b) the names and addresses of the owners of those properties referred to
in (a)
 
If this could be supplied in a csv (spreadsheet) format this would
certainly be appreciated.
 
 
The above information has been exempted on Section 21 grounds –
Information is already reasonably accessible on our Council website..
 
Please follow the link below to see the information we can provide in
response to your request:
 
[2]http://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/your-c...
 
 
Please refer to the “Business Rates Information – Commercial Properties”
data –set at the above link for all the above requested information.
 
 
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Dudley MBC, The Council House, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1HF, telephone
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Yours sincerely,
 
M J Guy
 
(Information Governance Officer – Dudley MBC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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