Business Rates for Commercial Properties in Rochdale Borough

A list of business properties liable to non-individuals, maintained by Rochdale Borough Council. The data includes property address, description, ratable value, liable party, empty property information, and rate relief. The dataset represents a snapshot in time and is updated half-yearly.

Use Cases

• Analyze commercial property tax liabilities based on ratable value and liable party information.
• Identify trends in empty commercial properties based on empty property information.
• Assess the impact of rate relief policies on local businesses based on rate relief data.
• Map commercial property distribution and characteristics based on property address and description.

Strengths

• Data is updated on a half-yearly schedule, as stated in the description.
• Includes multiple relevant fields for property tax analysis, such as ratable value and rate relief.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single UK local authority.

Provenance

Source

Rochdale Borough Council

Collection Method

Administrative records of business rates (property tax) liabilities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-20 09:03:04.170853; updated half-yearly.

Geography

Rochdale Borough, United Kingdom