Empty Commercial Buildings - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Empty Commercial Buildings
FOI Number: 234
Date Received: 01/03/2022
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 can you provide the following:* The total number of empty commercial buildings in February 2019.
* Commercial buildings will include:
o Offices
o Retail – retail stores, shopping centres, shops
o Industrial – warehouses, factories
o Leisure – hotels, pubs, restaurants, cafes, sports facilities
o Healthcare – medical centres, hospitals, nursing homes

* The total number of empty commercial buildings as of 25th February 2022.
* Commercial buildings will include:
o Offices
o Retail – retail stores, shopping centres, shops
o Industrial – warehouses, factories
o Leisure – hotels, pubs, restaurants, cafes, sports facilities
o Healthcare – medical centres, hospitals, nursing homes

Can the above-mentioned information please be supplied electronically in excel format and the data be categorised as per the bullet points above.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Response: Scottish Borders Council do not specifically record if a commercial property is occupied or empty within our Business Rates system and therefore cannot collate this information by means of reporting. Therefore, as this information is not held it is exempt under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002.