21 March 2022
Your request
I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.
I would like to be provided with details of all residential property in the borough owned by the Salvation Army (SA) over the past five years that has been left vacant.
I would also like to know what council tax discount (if any) these properties have been granted for the vacancy periods (https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/second-homes-and-empty-properties).
For the avoidance of doubt, I am only asking for details about vacancy at and council taxes levied on Salvation Army properties - and not the actual addresses of the homes.
The information should be presented in separate tables for each year (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) with the following columns.
1/ Sequential Salvation Army Properties in the borough (ie Property 1, Property 2 etc etc).
2/ No. of days of the year the property was left vacant.
3/ Council tax paid by the SA on the property during the year.
4/ The discount granted to the SA on the full council tax rate because the property had been vacant.
Our response
Please refer to the attached spreadsheet.