REFUSAL NOTICE 
For request for information under the  
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 
 
 
 
Request Number 
FOI/2009/666 
 
Name of Applicant: 
Mr White 
 
Address: 
[FOI #15563 email] 
 
Post Code: 
BA4 5BT 
 
Date of Enquiry: 
31 July 2009 
 
 
Deadline: 
28 August 2009 
 
 
 
Details of request:  
Can you please let me know the following relating to planning applications featuring a 
change of use from A1 (shop), under the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 
1987. In the last 5 years: 
 
 1) How many planning applications have you received featuring a change of use from A1?  
 
2) Of those applications in 1, how many of these were retrospective?  
 
3) How many planning applications have you received from Starbucks (or their 
representatives) featuring a change of use from A1?  
 
4) Of those applications in 3, how many of these were retrospective? 
 
Exemptions Applied  
Questions 1 and 2 
The Appropriate Limit 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows an authority to refuse a request if it will cost 
more than £450 (this is calculated as 18 hours @ £25) to research, locate and process the 
information requested.   
 
 
Reason(s) For Refusal: 
The Council cannot comply with this request within the Appropriate Limit as the information 
requested is only contained on each individual planning file. 
 
Appeals/Complaints Procedure  
If you wish to appeal about information the Council has not released to you please let us 
know in writing stating clearly what the issue is.  We will reconsider your request and if it is 
agreed that the information should have been disclosed, we will do so. 
FOI10/Refusal Notice 

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If you wish to complain about the way your request was handled by the Council, please 
complete and return our Complaints Form (available from our Offices, Council Information 
Points and on our website) and we will endeavour to resolve any problems.  If we are unable 
to do this informally we will apply the Council’s Complaints Procedure.  
 
If you are unhappy with the result of your appeal or complaint you can ask the Information 
Commissioner to consider your case.  Please see contact details below. 
 
Mendip District Council 
Fiona Lyons, Corporate Support, Mendip District Council, Cannards Grave Road,  
Shepton Mallet  BA4 5BT.  
Telephone: 01749 341247   
Fax: 01749 341542 
e-mail: [email address]
 
The Information Commissioner,  
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,  
Cheshire  SK9 5AF 
Telephone: 01625 545745   
www.ico.gov.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fiona Lyons ……………………………………   
 
Date 25 August 2009  
Data Protection Officer 
Mendip District Council 
FOI10/Refusal Notice 

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