Council Open Data & Information

We are required to publish a range of information from a variety of sources to help create transparency. 

Information that is available on our website is freely available for re-use under the provisions of the Open Government Licence.

The links below will take you to the relevant data for each area.

Pay, expenses and senior officer structure

Including:

  • Pay Multiple and Pay Policy Statement

  • Senior officer structure, salaries and benefits

  • Councillors’ allowance and expenditure

Council finance

Including:

  • Final Accounts and Budget Book

  • Expenditure over £250 - details of payments made by us that are over £250 (excluding VAT) after April 2017 (over £250 (including VAT) for the period 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2017 and over £500 for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 October 2014)

  • Building Control Financial Statement 2014/15

  • All procurement card transactions

Procurement information (with a value over £5,000)

Including:

Parking

Car parking data including income and expenditure:

Further information on car parking, such as locations and charges, can be found on the Car Parking page.

Datasets from Freedom of Information requests

The datasets below are published in response to information frequently requested under the Freedom of Information Act regarding business rates. The data is updated monthly.

Current business rate credits [XLSX, 14Kb] (as at 18 August 2020)

Current business rate write-ons [XLSX, 0.1MB]  (as at 18 August 2020)

Current list of business rate properties [XLSX, 0.5MB]  (as at 18 August 2020)

Current list of business rate empty properties [XLSX, 53Kb]  (as at 18 August 2020)

Please note the following exclusions:

  • the account reference as this is used for security purposes

  • the names of individuals due to data protection reasons.

We do not disclose the names of individuals as doing so would breach the Data Protection Act's data protection principles. The first principle states that personal information must be processed fairly and lawfully. Sole traders reasonably expect that their names will not be published and therefore this information is exempt.

Other

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