Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data

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Dear Runnymede Borough Council,

In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please provide me with a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data for your local authority, and including the following fields:

- Billing Authority Code
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupied / Vacant
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds)

I am aware that you already do provide listings of some business rates data (such as credit balances, or those receiving rates relief) but the existing data does not always state whether properties are occupied or vacant (whether relief is received or not).

In addition, there are severe data quality issues with your existing published datasets, especially in that all your data are published as non-machine-readable PDF documents. It is also critical that the Billing Authority Code be correct otherwise I am unable to reconcile your data with the Valuations Office master list.

I appreciate that properties owned / rented by individuals are personal information and such personal data (i.e. the Firm's Trading Name) would be excluded from my request in terms of Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In such cases, please provide the remaining information with the Firm's Trading Name either blank or listed as 'individual'.

Please provide this as machine-readable as either a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, capable of re-use, and under terms of the Open Government Licence.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Chait

FOI, Runnymede Borough Council

Dear Mr Chait

This is to acknowledge receipt of your freedom of information request, reference 16.03.26  received on 15th March

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

Regards

FOI Runnymede Borough Council

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Nigel Boyd, Runnymede Borough Council

Mr Chait

I refer to your email request of 15 March 2016 for information under the Freedom of Information act 2000 regarding Business Rates data.

I have revised the published reports on our website to include the additional data you requested and have posted them as MS Excel files. Please see https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/article/544...

With regard to the unique property reference number (billing authority code), the data provided is as currently recorded on the Council's computer system.

Please note for your future requirements that the information on the website is updated at the beginning of every month.

I hope that this information is sufficient for your purposes. The Council’s complaints procedure is on the website:

https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/article/898...

If you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an internal review. If subsequently you are not satisfied with the Council’s decision you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Council.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AS

http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Regards

Nigel Boyd  | Head of Revenue Services  | Runnymede Borough Council 
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Dear Nigel Boyd,

Thank you very much for updating the release.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Chait

Nigel Boyd, Runnymede Borough Council

I am on leave until Tuesday 29th March. If you need an immediate response please contact [email address]/01932 425410