Northern Ireland Non-Domestic Rates Paid by District Council and Property Type

Rates paid against ratepayer accounts as recorded on the Land & Property Services rating system, broken down by District Council and Property Type. The data includes the number of occupancies that made a payment within the rating year and covers years affected by Business Rates Holiday reliefs. It is provided by OpenDataNI and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze local government revenue streams based on rates paid by property type.
• Assess the impact of Business Rates Holiday reliefs on non-domestic occupancy payments for the 2020-2023 period.
• Compare rates collection performance across District Councils in Northern Ireland.
• Model business rates liability and payment patterns based on occupancy data.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by District Council and Property Type, enabling granular analysis.
• Includes specific mention of Business Rates Holiday reliefs affecting the 2020/21 to 2022/23 data, providing context for anomalies.
• Last updated timestamp is precise: 2026-05-13 18:00:17.176620.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Collection Method

Recorded on the Land & Property Services (LPS) rating system.

Time Range

Annual data as at 31st March each year; includes years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 18:00:17.176620; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland, broken down by District Council.