Dear Sir or Madam,

Bristol City Council planning officers issued a 'screening opinion'
dated 30 May 2008 under reg. 5 of T&CP (EIA) (England and Wales)
Regulations 999 relating to an Environmental Impact Assessment for
land to be developed at the Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Factory,
Greenbank.

Please could you provide details (to include time, date, venue and
attendees) of any discussions between officers of Bristol City
Council on this matter as well as any discussions which took place
between representatives of Square Peg (or their agents) and Bristol
City Council on this matter

Please also supply any notes, minutes or reports made as a result
of these discussions.

Please also supply any report prepared by Bristol City Council or
its staff and officers regarding this screening opinion.

Please also supply any minutes of meetings that were related to
this screening opinion.

Finally please provide any further written material (this might
include correspondence, emails, minutes, notes and reports) Bristol
City Council holds in relation to the granting and production of
this screening opinion.

Yours faithfully,

Bill Wren

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Dear Mr Wren,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request relating to a
'Screening Opinion' dated 30 May 2008.

The request for the Screening opinion was made by Pegasus Planning
Group in a letter dated 14th May 2008.

The Local Planning Authority issued its formal screening opinion in a
letter from Mr Butler dated 30th May 2008.

These documents are attached and are also publicly available by
inspection in person, at Brunel House Reception, or online via the
public access part of the council website
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/planning (selecting Planning Applications
Online following the prompts and searching under application number
08/03862/F).

The process which the Local Planning Authority followed was to test the
proposed development against the criteria set out within the T&CP (EIA)
(England and Wales) Regulations 1999, which enabled the determination to
be reached. This did not include producing any written material.

This process was undertaken without any reference to other council
departments nor was there any further discussions with the developer or
their representatives.

I can confirm that we do not hold any additional information relating
to this request.

This response should answer your request in full, however if you are
not satisfied with this response or wish to lodge an appeal against any
exemptions that may have been applied, you can do so by writing to the
Data Protection Officer at Bristol City Council Legal Services, The
Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS99 7PH or [Bristol City Council request email].
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are still not satisfied with the response you have received you have the
right to complain to the Information Commissioner, details of your right
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Yours Sincerely
Steve Knight
Bristol City Council
City Development
Business Services Group
Brunel House
St Georges Road
Bristol BS1 5UY

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