Response 4115676

Response to request for information

Reference

4115676

Response date

14 October 2026

Request

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following information for areas that fall under Rushcliffe Council's authority for the period 1 January 2021 to 31st December 2025:

1. Vacant commercial and retail properties. The total number of commercial/retail premises recorded as empty, vacant or unoccupied. Where available, please could these figures be broken down by length of vacancy:

   • Less than 6 months.

   • 6 – 12 months.

   • 12 months – 2 years.

   • More than 2 years.

2. Empty property business rates relief. The number of commercial/retail properties receiving empty property business rates relief or exemption at the end of each calendar year.

3. Empty property notices notices. The number of empty property notices, enforcement notices, or equivalent action taken in relation to vacant commercial/retail premises.

4. Enforcement action relating to derelict buildings. The number of enforcement actions taken in relation to vacant, derelict or poorly maintained commercial/retail premises, including boarding-up/securing works, Section 215 notices and other relevant enforcement notices, where separately recorded.

5. Environmental health and anti-social behaviour.  Where separately recorded by the council or its relevant ASB team, please share the number of environmental complaints, reports, investigations, interventions or enforcement actions related to derelict buildings and vacant properties.

Where figures are not available for the full calendar year, please provide the closest available period and clearly state the period covered. Where data is unavailable, please state this rather than providing an estimate.

If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit, I would be grateful if you could advise how it might be refined so that it can be processed.

Response

The information requested in questions 1 and 2 is published on our website. Monthly Business Rates Data.

With regards to questions 3 and 4, our empty homes department of Environmental Health have no remit regarding non-domestic properties.

Our response for question 5 is that reports of any anti-social behaviour are not recorded in specific relation to non-domestic properties and so our response is, not held.