By email to: / Our ref: / FOI0014
Your ref:
If calling ask for: / Linda Buchanan
Phone: / 01698 527442
Date: / 28 February 2013
Dear Mr Hughes
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)
Request for Information
I refer to your information request received by the Council on 7 February 2013 in which you ask for the following information:
Of the 1,941 businesses in South Lanarkshire that received a Rateable Valuation in 2010 that was less than the previous valuation for that business, can you confirm:
- How many of these businesses were public houses?
- How many of them were in the G72 postcode area?
- How many of them received a lower valuation as a result of an appeal against the original valuation by the assessor in 2010?
The Council can give you all of the information that it has in relation to your request, as follows:
Of the 1,941 businesses in South Lanarkshire that received a rateable valuation in 2010 that was less that the previous valuation for that business;
- 31 of these 1,941 properties were public houses
- 183 of these 1,941 properties were in the G72 postcode area
- None of these 1,941 properties received a lower valuation as the result of an appeal against the rateable value by the assessor in 2010. All of these reductions were due to the revaluation by the Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board on 1 April 2010.
Request for Review
The Council has a Review Panel to deal with complaints from people who are not happy about the way that it has handled their request. Staff not involved in the original decision will handle any review.
If you want to complain, you can ask the Review Panel to look at the way that we have dealt with your request. It will consider whether we have complied with the requirements of FOISA. Please note that if you wish to complain, you must do so by 7 May 2013. You must explain why you are not happy when requesting a review.
Please note that the Review Panel cannot consider any decisions taken by the Council or actions of the Council or any of its employees or a service provided by it that are not connected to the handling of your request for information.
You should send your request for a review to:
Mr W Dunn
Information Compliance Manager
Finance and Corporate Resources
Floor 13
Council Offices
Almada Street
Hamilton, ML3 0AA
Alternatively, you can request a review at .
Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner
If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you can appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. The Commissioner will decide whether we have dealt with your request properly. Please see the Commissioner’s website at for further details.
Yours sincerely
Fraser Morrison
Revenues and Benefits Manager