Empty/Vacant Commercial buildings - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Empty/Vacant Commercial buildings
FOI Number: 15683
Date Received: 08/10/2021
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with the following details: 1. How many commercial buildings were listed as empty or vacant in your local authority area in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017? Please provide data broken down by year, for example:Year Number of commercial buildings listed as empty or vacant in your local authority area
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

2. How many retail units were listed as empty or vacant in in your local authority area in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide data broken down by year, for example:
Year Number of retail units listed as empty or vacant in in your local authority area
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

3. How many office units were listed as empty or vacant in in your local authority area in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide data broken down by year, for example:
Year Number of office units listed as empty or vacant in in your local authority area
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

If this request is too wide or 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. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
Response: We do not specifically record if a commercial property is occupied or empty within our Business Rates system. Therefore this information is not held and is exempt under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002.