Dear Sir or Madam,

I made an FoI request to Bedfordshire County Council in March, but
I was not able to ascertin whether the authority had been able to
answer it in full before its disbanding. A request to the BCC FoI
mail box for an update directs me to you. Please see my original
request and follow-up query below. If you wish to treat it as a new
FoI request, that's fine. The person dealing with it was Carol
Fuller.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Davis

Original request:

Dear Sir or Madam,

If you run an ecological protection scheme for road verges in your
area, please could you provide me with the following details:

a) what protection measures a verge receives when it is included in
the scheme

b) the list of verges covered by the scheme (and their locations -
road name/number and six figure OS grid references would be fine)

c) for each verge, the specific reasons why the verge has been
included in the scheme - i.e. the notable species found there, or
the NVC community present

If you do not run such a scheme in your area, but you are aware
that another body does, please could you refer me to them instead.

Many thanks,

Susan Davis

Follow-up query:

Dear Carol,

Thank you for your reply. Could you confirm that Bedfordshire
County Council does not hold any information itself which would
help to answer parts (a) and (c) of my request? The reason I ask is
that I'm unsure how you can carry out the management of these
verges if you don't hold any information about how they are to be
managed, and what features they are being managed for, but perhaps
I am missing part of the picture.

Yours sincerely,

Susan Davis

Dear Susan,

I have recently been forwarded your freedom of information request
regarding roadside verges protected and managed for ecological purposes.
I do have some printed material that should answer your questions but need
a forwarding address. Could you email me one and I will send the
information to you?

With regards

Simon Fisher

Greenspace Manager

Bedford Borough Council

1st Floor, Riverside House

Horne Lane

Bedford

MK40 1PY

01234 221951

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Dear Simon,

Many thanks for your reply. Would it be possible for you to scan
the information and email it to me?

Yours,

Susan Davis

Hello Susan,
There are some 30 pages and I'm afraid that I have neither the time nor
someone to call upon to scan and email it all to you. Is there a
problem with posting it?

Regards

Simon Fisher

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Dear Simon,

Thanks for your reply. Could I suggest you speak to the council's
Freedom of Information officer to establish whether you are able to
claim exemption in this case. In my experience of making FoI
requests, scanning 30 pages is usually regarded as a reasonable
request, as it would fall within the standard 18 hour limit.

Yours sincerely,

Susan Davis

Good afternoon Ms Davis

Please find attached the response from Mr Stewart Briggs concerning your
FoI request in respect of road verges and ecological protection scheme.

To this end please also find attached a pdf entitled: "Bedfordshire Road
Verge Nature Reserves - October 2002" for your information.

Many thanks.

Marian Stubbert

PA/Secretary

Stewart Briggs

Executive Director of Environment

and Sustainable Communities

Bedford Borough Council

Tel: 01234 228938 ext 42938

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Dear Marian,

Thank you very much for this - it is very useful information.

I have just one query - for sites where the special interest is an
individual species, rather than a habitat or vegetation type, the
species name is listed if this is a plant, but if it is an animal,
the name is not given. Do you hold the name of the species in
question? If so, could you let me know what these are?

The sites in question are:

1. Bletsoe - Thurleigh

2. Potton Church

Thanks

Susan Davis

Dear Bedford Borough Council

Could you please let me have a update on your progress in preparing
a response to the query I raised on 20 May relating to your
response to my FOI/EIR request?

Thanks

Susan Davis

Thank you for your recent enquiry. I will forward your email to the Environment and Sustainable Communities Service who are dealing with your query.

Regards

Ann Jones
Corporate Information Officer
C Tel (01234) 221819 ex 2819.
Fax 01234 221606
[email address]
Room A200, Registration & Records, Bedford Borough Council,Town Hall, St Paul's Square, Bedford, MK40 1SJ

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Good morning Ms Davis

Re: Road Verges - Ecological Protection Scheme:

Please find attached the additional information requested in connection
with FoI 797.

Many thanks.

Marian Stubbert

PA/Secretary

Stewart Briggs

Executive Director of Environment

and Sustainable Communities

Bedford Borough Council

Tel: 01234 228938 ext 42938

E:mail: [1][email address]

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