FOI release

Business rates enquiry

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 FOI2026/01066

Received 26 May 2026

Published 24 June 2026

Request

I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 about Business Rates Accounts held by your Council:


* Account Name
* Account Start Date
* Billing Authority Reference
* Current 2023 List Rateable Value


* Details of any reliefs where applied, including a further breakdown if possible of:

* Type of relief applied
* including where the RHL multiplier has been applied
o Date the relief was applied
o Value of the relief
* Full Address of the rated assessment
* Billing Address
* Occupied/Empty Status
* Description
* EV charging point relief
* Pubs and live music venues relief

 

Response

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 via the following link:  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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