Community Licence Declined

Dear Mr Jones

Please find correspondence attached.

Kind regards

Eleanor Berg.

:: Eleanor Berg
Administration Officer
Content & Standards
Tel: 020 7981 3686
Fax: 020 7981 3806
Email: eleanor.berg[1]@ofcom.org.uk

:: Ofcom
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA
020 7981 3000
[2]www.ofcom.org.uk

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Reference: 1-52838757
16^th May 2008
Via email: [1][FOI #222 email]

Dear Mr Jones

Freedom of Information: Right to know request

Thank you for your request for information regarding the 2nd application
for a Community Radio Licence by Radio Barnsley.

I am writing to advise you that the time limit for responding to your
request for information needs to be extended. It is occasionally necessary
to extend the 20 working day time limit for issuing a response. In this
case, this is because the information requested must be considered under
two of the exemptions which exempt Ofcom from releasing the
information, to which a public interest test applies. The exemptions
concerned are in section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act, which
relates to law enforcement and the functions of a public authority, and
section 36, which relates to information that would or would likely
prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs, which includes
inhibiting the free and frank exchange of views. This extra time is needed
in order to make a determination as to the public interest in releasing
the information. I hope to let you have a response as soon as possible.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Eleanor Berg

Information Requests

[2][email address]

If you are unhappy with the response or level of service you have received
in relation to your request from Ofcom, you may ask for an internal
review. If you ask us for an internal review of our decision, it will be
treated as a formal complaint and will be subject to an independent review
within Ofcom. We will acknowledge the complaint and inform you of the
date by which you might expect to be told the outcome.

The following outcomes are possible:

o the original decision is upheld; or

o the original decision is reversed or modified.

Timing

If you wish to exercise your right to an internal review you should
contact us within two months of the date of this letter. There is no
statutory deadline for undertaking internal reviews and it will depend
upon the complexity of the case, but we aim to conclude all internal
reviews within 2 months. If you wish to request an internal review, you
should contact:

Graham Howell

The Secretary to the Corporation

Ofcom

Riverside House

2a Southwark Bridge Road

London SE1 9HA

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

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Dear Mr Jones,

Please find correspondence attached.

Yours sincerely,

Eleanor Berg

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