Response 3459744

Response to request for information

Reference

3459744

Response date

15 April 2024

Request

A list of hereditaments where there is a credit of over £2,000 on the account.

A list of hereditaments where there has been a right on over £2000.

Please include;-

• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. This is not the Rate Demand or Account Number.
• Current Rateable Value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address)

Response

The Council does not release information about Business Rates accounts that currently have credit balances (including those written on) in response to Freedom of Information requests.

Information in respect of credit balances is considered exempt under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (prevention or detection of crime) The Council holds this information but believes that its disclosure could result in fraudulent refund claims being made to the Council for these credit balances.

This follows decisions by the Information Commission in respect of requests made to Wandsworth Council (reference FS50619844) and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (reference FS50643256) in respect of requests for NNDR credit balances.