Date:

Date: 06 October 2008

Our ref: RFI361/SW

Ms Susan Davis

By Email: [FOI #3381 email]

Dear Ms Davis

Access to Information Request - Acknowledgement - RFI 361

Thank you for your request for information held by Natural England regarding the Clifton Suspension Bridge incident and its effects on the ecological interest of the Avon Gorge.

Information to include:

any information NE has about the incident itself and the factors which led to it happening, including whether the causes were thought to be one-off or systematic causes

any information about the predicted or known effects on the ecological interest of the Gorge

any information about involvement by NE's predecessor organisations in investigating and resolving the incident, and preventing future recurrence

any information about monitoring requested or implemented following the incident and the results of this monitoring

any information about measures which the parties involved were required to or agreed to take to make good the damage caused, or any other compensatory work carried out

minutes of any meetings at which the incident and its effects were discussed, correspondence between NE's predecessor bodies and other parties about any of the topics above, and any reports which are available in relation to the incident

which we received on 03 October 2008.

We are dealing with your request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

Your request is being considered and we will respond within the legal deadline is 20 working days. If for any reason, we are unable to meet the deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this. If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Waterfield

Knowledge and Information Adviser

Access to Information

Email: [email address]

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Sarah Waterfield

Natural England

Northminster House

Northminster Road

PETERBOROUGH

PE1 1UA

T: 01733 455182