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Freedom of Information Request

Average BR Charges, Liability Payable, etc

Received: 20 December 2022

Good afternoon,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

Please can you provide the following:
* The average annual business rates costs, or current liability payable, for the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
* What is the total value of business rate relief granted by the local authority in the last 12 months
* Of the total number of businesses who applied for business rate relief, how many were successful

Can the above mentioned information please be supplied electronically in excel format and the data be categorised as per the bullet points above.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

I require this information to be provided within 20 working days, to be delivered in an email format.

If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Best wishes,

Outcome / Documents

  • Response (some not held) - application/pdf - Download