Dear Stockport Borough Council,

In the Council's proof of evidence on page 8 to the public inquiry
on 06/01/10 it states that …”it is therefore essential to ensure
that best value is achieved in this provision.” The Fir Tree site
would need no expensive contamination remediation, no traffic
orders, no special water pipes installations to deal with the
contamination, no CPO or village green costs, no drainage costs, no
£600,000 Sport England costs. Has the Council worked yet out how
much it would cost to put the school on the Fir Tree site, if it is
essential to ensure that best value is achieved?

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Oliver

Dear Mrs Oliver,

I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 2555).

As you have previously been informed, your requests for information about
Harcourt Street are considered to be vexatious under section 14(1) Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and manifestly unreasonable under Regulation
12(4)(b) Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and will not receive a
response. This decision has been through the Council's internal review
process and was upheld. It has also been investigated by the Information
Commissioner's Office at your request; the ICO upheld the Council's
decision in its Decision Notice.

Yours sincerely,

Claire Naven

Claire Naven

Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Stockport Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Stockport Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Has best value been shown to
have been achieved for the council taxpayer with regards to the
proposed school at Harcourt Street?'.

A Senior Complaints Office at the Information Commission stated on
14/01/10 that I could continue to ask questions on this subject.
What has Stockport Council got to hide regarding this matter, which
is, as one can see from the nature of the question, a very
important one for the council taxpayers of Stockport?

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ha...

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Oliver

Dear Mrs Oliver,

I am writing in response to your email below (ref 2555).

As we have previously explained to you on a number of occasions, the
Council has already carried out an internal review of its decision to
refuse all your requests on the subject of Harcourt Street on the grounds
that they are vexatious and manifestly unreasonable. Your subsequent
complaint has also been investigated by the Information Commissioner's
Office which issued a Decision Notice and upheld the Council's decision.
On this basis, the Council will not be carrying out an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Claire Naven

Claire Naven

Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Stockport Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Stockport Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Has best value been shown to
have been achieved for the council taxpayer with regards to the
proposed school at Harcourt Street?'.

Please note that the Information Commission Team Leader has stated
to me in a letter dated 15/2/10:-

... "Notice relates specifically to the request you made on 1st
December 2008 and does not make any finding regarding future
requests. If you have made further requests and these have been
refused you should ask the Council to review their requests and if
following this review you remain unhappy with their response you
can bring a new complaint to the Commissioner."

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ha...

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Oliver