FOI release

Business rates records

This request was refused in full, so we didn't provide the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/01212

Received 10 June 2026

Published 13 July 2026

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information from your Business Rates (Non-Domestic Rates) records:

1. A complete and up-to-date list of all non-domestic properties within your billing authority.

For each property, please provide:
- Full property address

- Current ratepayer / liable party (company or organisation name only) (N.B I do not require personal names of individuals or sole traders)

- Account start date / occupation date

- Property description (e.g. warehouse, office, shop)

- 2026 Rateable value.

- Amount Payable

- Details of any reliefs applied during 2023 and 2026 ratings list (including empty property relief, small business
rate relief, charitable relief, RHL, etc.)

Response

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Guildford Borough Council publishes the information you have requested each year.

Information including ratepayers’ names, where they are not an individual, and reliefs including small business rate relief can be found at the following website: https://www.guildford.gov.uk/bratesdata.

The 2026 data is due to be published in the next few weeks.

Each of these pages also holds an explanation of the contents.

Please note that accounts can cover multiple properties. As we hold credits at account level and they can occur for a variety of reasons, not all of which are associated with a property, we cannot simply link a credit to a property. It is therefore not possible to provide the property address or reference that you have requested.

As the information that is available is already in the public domain or about to be published I consider this information to be exempt from disclosure on request under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as it is already available elsewhere.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team

Guildford Borough Council

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