We receive many requests for information relating to business rates accounts. We are now publishing details of our most frequently requested information on this page. This is so that you do not need to make a formal request and can obtain the information more quickly.
All business rates accounts including those with relief
What’s included
- property address and reference number
- account holder
- start date of account
- property description
- current rateable value
- reliefs
What’s not included
- Details of sole traders or partnerships
- We do not provide contact names or address for the companies listed.
This information is available from Companies House - We do not supply ratepayer telephone numbers or email addresses. These are supplied to the council in confidence and for the sole purpose of administering their business rate liability
- The ratepayer is the person liable to pay the charge. In many cases this is a leaseholder and not an owner. It is not possible to identify the owners from our records.
This information is available from Land Registry - Account references are not included as these are personal to the account. They are used to ensure that a ratepayer is actually the account holder when they contact the council
- Details of empty properties
The next list will be published in the next quarter.
Business Rates - New Occupiers
Business rates new occupiers - April 2024
Business rates new occupiers - March 2024
Business rates new occupiers - February 2024
What's included
- property address and reference number
- account holder
- start date of account
- property description
- current rateable value
The next list will be published next month.
Business rates credits and write-ons
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) published information highlighting the risks of releasing details of business rates credit balances. In particular they highlight the potential for fraud to be committed using this information. Therefore, we no longer publish these credit/write-on balances on our website or release them in response to an FOI request.
Completion notices for business premises
List of completion notice served from 1 April 2017
What’s included
- Property address and reference
- Date completion notice was served
- Date entered into the rating list
The list will be updated every April and October.
Overview of the Covid19 business grants
The purpose of this briefing is to give an overview of the Covid19 business grants that have been distributed in Cornwall since March 2020.
