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Dear Thomas

Thank you for your enquiry. For your information, your query has been passed to our local External Relations Team (Planning and Corporate Services) for attention and they will be in touch with you shortly.

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Dear Mr Palmer,

I have today received another email from you via our Unit Enquiries centre requesting a copy of the Sequential and Exception Tests submitted by Beatrice Libiszewska.

Please email me direct if you require anything else. Emails to our Unit Enquiries can sometimes take a couple of days to arrive in our area office. I also have knowledge of your previous requests and will endeavour to supply you with the best information available.

Following your 2 emails dated 16 February, I have requested a copy of this document from our Planning Team. This will be sent to you as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Regards

Andy Goymer
External Relations Officer
The Environment Agency
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[email address]

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Our Ref: SE 15255

Dear Mr Palmer,

A response to your enquiry was sent yesterday, please see attached. If you have any further questions please contact me direct on the details below.

I understand that you have emailed my colleague, Tanya Jorgji. Tanya has not been involved with this enquiry and will not be sending you any additional information.

Regards

Andy Goymer
External Relations Officer
The Environment Agency
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or
[email address]

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Dear Mr Palmer,

The document that was submitted by Beatrice Libiszewska is;

Appendix A of FRA (attached)

I have also attached an E-MAIL from Jack Hayes (EA) regarding draft
Sequential and Exception Testing.

Please note that this was pre-application advice following our request
to the applicant to include a sequential test in the application. As the
application was submitted in January 2007, this meant that PPS25 had
just been released (Dec 2006) and therefore required the test. The
practice guide had been released on 19th February 2007 so we referred to
guidance in this document but it should be noted that the final version
of the practice guide has been issued in June 2008.

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Yours sincerely

Andy Goymer
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The Environment Agency
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Email: [email address]

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Dear Mr Palmer

Thank you for your enquiry.

In order for us to assist you with your request, we require further
information. Please respond to this email, quoting enquiry reference
number 090225/jc017, with the following information:

* Can you advise when Beatrice Libiszewska submitted her request to us
* Can you provide the Freedom of Information reference number of the
enquiry
* Can you advise when we replied to you
* Any additional information you believe may be useful so that we can
clarify your enquiry.

Once we have received the above information, we will forward the details
of your enquiry to the relevant person/team.

We look forward to receiving your response.

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Dear Thomas

Thank you for providing the information below.

Your enquiry has been forwarded to Jack Hayes for attention and he will be in touch with you shortly.

If you require any further assistance please feel free to contact us again.

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[Subject only] FW: 090302jm18 of Information request - Sequential and Exception Tests submitted by Beatrice Libiszewsk/

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Dear Mr Palmer

I have been passed your request from our Customer Service Centre.

We can confirm that there was no written reply from Ms Libiszewska to my email copied below which directed her to further guidance. The title of the document which she originally sent to us was 'Appendix A' which was a reference to the relevant part of the Flood Risk Assessment.

We do not hold any further correspondence between her and the Local Authority.

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Dear Mr Palmer

Thank you for your email sent to my colleague, Jack Hayes on Mon 9th
March 2009.

There is no formal documentation related to this from this time. I can
confirm that verbal discussions took place during liaison with Elmbridge
Borough Council regarding the Sequential Test in order for us to be
satisfied that they had taken it into account as part of the overall
considerations when making the recommendation for the Planning
Committee.

Please note that the information and documentation previously sent to
you is all that we hold on this subject.

You should note that this information is based on that currently
available as of the date of this letter. We accept no liability
whatsoever for any loss or damage arising from interpretation or use of
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been made. Should you re-contact us after a period of time, please quote
the above reference in order to help us deal with your query.

This information is provided subject to the enclosed notice, which you
should read.

Yours sincerely

Andy Goymer
External Relations Officer
The Environment Agency
Tel: 01276 454327
Email: [email address]

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Our Ref: SE 15255

Dear Mr Palmer,

It is not our policy to keep transcripts of telephone conversations. I
can therefore confirm that there are no transcripts on record between
the Environment Agency and Elmbridge Borough Council regarding the
Sequential Test for Hampton Court / Jolly Boatman.

You may wish to contact Elmbridge Borough Council direct as they may
hold records of conversations relating to this matter.

As per my previous response, I can confirm that the information and
documentation previously sent to you is all that we hold on this
subject.

You should note that this information is based on that currently
available as of the date of this letter. We accept no liability
whatsoever for any loss or damage arising from interpretation or use of
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been made. Should you re-contact us after a period of time, please quote
the above reference in order to help us deal with your query.

This information is provided subject to the enclosed notice, which you
should read.

Yours sincerely

Andy Goymer
External Relations Officer
The Environment Agency
Tel: 01276 454327
Email: [email address]

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Dear Mr Palmer,

Following your email below, I will arrange an internal review regarding
this matter.

You will be contacted directly by the reviewer following their findings.

Regards

Andy Goymer
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The Environment Agency
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Dear Mr Palmer,

Please accept this email as acknowledgement that we have received your
request. I will ask the relevant teams to check their records and will
send a full response next week.

Regards

Andy Goymer
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The Environment Agency
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I am currently away from the office until Wednesday 1 April. If your email
is urgent please forward it to [email address]

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Dear Mr Palmer,

Times and dates of the requested telephone conversations have not been
recorded. We are therefore unable to supply you with this information.

Please note that it is not our policy to make records regarding times
and dates of telephone conversations.

From recollection, Jack Hayes, Environment Agency Planning Liaison
Officer believes that conversations regarding the Sequential Test took
place between the following personnel;

Jack Hayes - Environment Agency
Charlotte Amor - Environment Agency
Ann Biggs - Elmbridge Borough Council
Beatrice Libiszewsk - Consultant
David Cliff - Elmbridge Borough Council

The following text has been taken from the attached letter sent to Ann
Biggs dated 27 August 2008. A copy of this letter has previously been
supplied to you as requested.

"Although the majority of discussion regarding the flood risk assessment
took place prior to the issue of PPS25, the Environment Agency advised
the Developer and the Planning Authority that a Sequential Test would
have to be produced if the application was submitted after the issue
date of PPS25. It was advised that such documentation would still have
to be produced even though the site has a Development Brief and is a
Brownfield site.

Advice was given on a process for carrying out the Sequential Test as
per our flood risk standing advice website. Where the Local Development
Framework (LDF) process has not been completed, this guidance steers
those undertaking the test toward using the existing Borough Local Plan
or similar documents and Environment Agency flood zones to make the
assessment which is done in partnership between the Developer and the
Local Planning Authority (LPA).

The Environment Agency's role is to provide general guidance on the
Sequential Test process and to provide technical flood risk comments.
The LPA are charged with the responsibility for the application of the
Sequential Test in the control of development through the planning
application process. We consider that we are limited in the extent that
we are able to assess the methodology and evidence base of individual
Sequential Tests as this pertains to the wider planning application
decision making process. It is the LPA's role to apply both the
sequential and exception tests and to make the final judgement and
determination on whether or not the Sequential Test meets the
requirements of PPS25. However, we do provide some advisory comments on
the scope and process of the sequential test as outlined above.

We note the information has been produced as part of the FRA and
following further discussion are satisfied that the LPA are considering
the Sequential and Exception tests as part of the process to determine
the application."

My email dated 25 March 2009 is currently under review as requested. A
response will be sent to you in due course.

You should note that this information is based on that currently
available as of the date of this letter. We accept no liability
whatsoever for any loss or damage arising from interpretation or use of
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This information is provided subject to the enclosed notice, which you
should read.

Yours sincerely

Andy Goymer
External Relations Officer
The Environment Agency
Tel: 01276 454327
Email: [email address]

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Our Ref: SE 15255

Dear Mr Palmer

I am writing with regarding your email to Andy Goymer dated 25 March
requesting an internal review. Please find attached my formal response to
this request.

Kind regards
Rhona Byrne
External Relations Team Leader
Telephone: 01276 454374
Email: [1][email address]

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