Nigel Glossop

Data Protection Officer

Civic Offices, Civic Way,

Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 0AH

Please ask for Mr. Glossop

Tel: (01283) 221000 Ext. 5703

DDI (01283) 595703

Fax (01283) 595720

Minicom: (01283) 228149

DX 23912 Swadlincote

E-mail: [email address]

Our Ref: NG/JHM/910/93

Your Ref:

Date: 1 September 2009

Matt White

Dear Mr White

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for details under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been considered.

Our response is set out below.

For more information on the Freedom of Information Act, including our publication scheme, please look at our web site at www.south-derbys.gov.uk under Council Services.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted in writing, outlining your grounds of appeal, within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: Nigel Glossop, Data Protection Officer, South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF Telephone:   01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information. In addition, any feedback you may have on the way your request has been handled would be beneficial, so that any future requests can be handled more effectively.

Yours sincerely

Jan Middleton

Freedom of Information Officer

1) How many planning applications have you received featuring a change of use from A1?

This information is available on our website at <http://sddc.planning-proposals.co.uk/applications.aspx>. Enter the search dates required and in the proposal keyword box enter “change of use from A1”.

2) Of those applications in 1, how many of these were retrospective?

As question 1 but enter `retrospective' in the proposal keyword box.

3) How many planning applications have you received from Starbucks (or their representatives) featuring a change of use from A1?

As our website cannot be interrogated via the applicant's name, our internal system has been checked and I confirm that no applications have been received from Starbucks or their representatives

4) Of those applications in 3, how many of these were retrospective?

N/A