79 Park Avenue

Dear J Peters

Thank you for your freedom of information request. Please find attached acknowledgement letter.

Yours sincerely

Ann S Taylor
Legal Officer
Property & Finance
Legal Licensing and Registration
Leeds City Council
Tel. 0113 2474602
Fax 0113 2474651
e-mail [email address]

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I write in response to your Freedom of Information request, received in
this office on 25th February 2011.

With regard to your request, Leeds City Council has not received a
planning application for 79 Park Avenue, Allerton Bywater, however, upon
examining your request, the description of the property you refer to would
not seem to fit with this address. I have, as such, carried out further
investigation, and note that the property 89 Park Avenue would fit with
the description you have given.

A planning application, for this property was received, requesting a
'change of use of existing shop unit to 5 bed dwelling', however, this
application has not been determined as of the current date. As your
request suggests that the property has already been converted, I have,
therefore, as an officer of the Council, referred this alleged change of
use to our Planning Compliance service, and asked them to investigate as
to whether or not enforcement action is required.

If you would like to be kept updated of the findings of the Compliance
investigation, please let me know, and I will pass your details on to the
service (It would be appreciated if you could provide a private contact
address/number for this, as opposed to using the whatdotheyknow.com
website).

Additionally, for reference, please note that as planning applications are
publicly available, requests asking for information from them are exempt
from release under the Freedom of Information Act by virtue of S21
(Information Accessible By Other Means). Information on planning
applications can be obtained from our Development Enquiry Centre, and the
Leeds City Council Planning Public Access website. I have provided contact
details below for reference.

Please note that information on the cost of any works would not be
held by Planning Services.

Development Enquiry Centre,

Leonardo Building,

2 Rossington Street,

Leeds,

LS2 8HD.

Tel: 0113 222 4409

Email: [1][email address]

[2]http://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-...

I trust that this response is satisfactory; however, if you are
dissatisfied with this response then you have a right to appeal to an
independent officer within City Development. On appeal, your request will
be re-examined and an assessment made as to whether the requirements of
the Act have been adhered to. Should you wish to follow this course of
action then please address your concerns in writing to Jayne Conboy,
Information Practitioner, The Leonardo Building. 2 Rossington Street,LS2
8HD

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to take a decision as to whether we
have met with our obligations under the Act. The Commissioner has made it
clear however that he expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals
procedures prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact
the Commissioner's Office then you can write to the following address:

Office of the Information Commissioner,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow, Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Jayne Conboy

Information Practitioner

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