Street Light locations and references

Dear Mr Chamberlin

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, received by us on 12
April.

Our twenty working day deadline for your request is 11 May and we aim to
respond as soon as possible within the time period.

You will be informed in advance if there is a charge for supplying
copies of the information. We will also provide an explanation if any
information is not released to you. If the requested information
contains references to any third parties, we may need to consult with
them before deciding whether or not to release the information.

Should you have any queries regarding your request, please feel free to
contact us at [Norfolk County Council request email] .

Yours sincerely

Matthew Smith
FOI and DP Assistant
Corporate Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
Norfolk County Council

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Dear Mr Chamberlin

Thank you for your e-mail. We will add this to your request.

Yours sincerely

Matthew Smith
FOI and DP Assistant
Corporate Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
Norfolk County Council

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Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations
2004
Release of Information

Dear Mr Chamberlin

I am writing to confirm that Norfolk County Council has now completed its
search for the information you requested on the 10 April 2010.

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, I have now processed
your request.

Your request:
1) Please could you provide a dataset containing the geographic locations
(WGS84, OSGB36 or equivalent co-ordinate scheme) and their associated
reference codes (e.g. "253") for the council-owned street lighting units
(columns and wall brackets) in Norfolk. This information could be used to
improve fault reporting and public awareness of lighting issues.

2) It would also be of use to include within the requested data those
units where the maintenance responsibility belongs to district, parish
councils or the Highways Agency; if that information is something that the
council is aware of and can make available. This would allow fault
reporting to be directed to the appropriate authorities more efficiently.

Our response:
The street lights listed in the attached 'NCCLighting' spreadsheet are the
responsibility of Norfolk County Council to maintain, which we do via our
Street lighting Contractor, Amey.

The street lights listed in the attached 'DistrictLighting' spreadsheet
are the responsibility of three local district councils in Norfolk -
Breckland District Council (BDC), King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough
Council (KLWN) and Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC). We currently
have an agreement with those councils to maintain their lights on their
behalf; this could of course be subject to change at a later date.

The other district councils in Norfolk, the Highways Agency and Parish
Councils maintain their own lights and we retain no information relating
to them.

It would be helpful if you could quote the reference number FOI 614 if you
need to contact us again about this request.

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You have the right of appeal through the Council's internal complaints
procedure by setting out the grounds of your appeal in writing to the
Corporate Freedom of Information Officer at: Freedom of Information &
Data Protection Unit, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1
2DQ. e-mail: [1][Norfolk County Council request email].

If you are dissatisfied after pursuing the complaints procedure, you may
apply to the Information Commissioner under Section 50 of the Act for a
decision whether your request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of Part I of the Act. Contact details as
follows: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. e-mail: [2][email address] Telephone
01625 545 745.

Yours sincerely

Matthew Smith
FOI and DP Assistant
Corporate Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
Norfolk County Council

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Dear Mr Chamberlin

Thank you for your message. I will look into the matter and respond as
soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Matthew Smith
FOI and DP Assistant
Corporate Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
Norfolk County Council

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Dear Mr Chamberlain

I can confirm that any permission to re-use the data would need to be
obtained from Ordnance Survey.

As the data was collected using Ordnance Survey mapping, they would deem
it to be a derived dataset which would be governed under the rules of
the Mapping Services Agreement. That agreement covers use by ourselves
and a third party carrying out work on our behalf under a Contractor's
Agreement, but would not extend beyond this (e.g. it does not cover use
by someone who obtains the data under FOI).

Yours sincerely

Matthew Smith
FOI and DP Assistant
Corporate Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit
Norfolk County Council

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