West Oxfordshire District Council

A principal council, a non-metropolitan district council, a local council in south east England, a lower tier local authority, a council with district-level functions and a council with district-level functions in England

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We at WhatDoTheyKnow are concerned about requests being refused on the grounds they have been made by email, rather than, for example via a public body's website. Requests in-writing are valid however they are sent to a public body (see the Information Commissioner's Guidance on making valid requests).

We are tracking occurrences of this issue, and encourage you to let us know about further examples.

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S.106 Agreements

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to C Gordon on 23 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear A Stevenson, Further to your Freedom of Information request, please accept our apologies that we have been unable to provide this information w...

Landlord prosecutions

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Adam Bychawski on 9 November 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Bychawski Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your...

Number of Ukrainians now registered as statutory homeless

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Matthew Norman on 28 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Matthew Norman Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to...

Freedom of Information Request - Secure Communication

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Tristan Durley on 18 April 2023.

Partially successful.

Dear Tristan Durley, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to...

HMO Register

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Bronwyn Carlson on 17 April 2023.

Successful.

Dear Bronwyn Carlson, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation t...

Temporary Accommodation - Nightly Rates

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Rakesh Bhimjiyani on 19 April 2023.

Successful.

Dear Rakesh Bhimjiyani, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation...

Windrush Place S106 agreement

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Kevin Taylor on 20 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Kevin Taylor, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to y...

Management of Corporate Property and Asset Information

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Nicola Pomroy on 28 March 2023.

Long overdue.

Dear Nicola Pomroy Unfortunately we do not seem to have received your request for WODC, I can see on our system that there was an FOI for CDC that w...

How many Retro-planning permissions

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Geoff Rooks on 6 April 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Geoff Rooks, Further to your Freedom of Information request, please accept our apologies that we have been unable to provide this information w...

20MPH Traffic Orders

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Phil Wrend on 17 March 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Wrend Further to your request, this information is held by Oxfordshire County Council and not West Oxfordshire District Council Please red...

Emails containing certain words

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Adam K Dean on 20 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Adam Dean, Further to your email dated 08/03/2023, please find the attached response. If you are not content with the outcome of your complain...

WODC Councillor Behavior

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Connor Barclay on 2 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Connor Barclay Further to your request please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to y...

Agency Worker Use within Social Work

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to John Edip on 10 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear John Edip, Further to your request, this information is held by Oxfordshire County Council and not West Oxfordshire District Council Please r...

correspondence between the head of the Council with anyone which relates to Jeremy Clarkson or Diddly Squat Farm

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Francis Sutherland on 10 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Francis Sutherland Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation...

Cost of enforcement at Diddly Squat Farm

Internal review request sent to West Oxfordshire District Council by Alan Thomas on 9 March 2023.

Awaiting internal review.

Dear FOI Requests, Unfortunately I don’t accept that. I believe you are being purposely obstructive in order to avoid embarrassment. You may not b...

Spending on Mayoral Cars

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Akwesi on 30 August 2022.

Waiting clarification.

[1]West Oxfordshire District Council logo Customer update Further to your recent contact with us we are contacting you to Provide an update Update: Go...

Farm Track Refusal

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Alan Thomas on 7 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Thomas, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your...

What link does Hamish Dewar have to WODC?

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Andrew Toogood on 2 March 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Andrew Toogood Further to your request please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to y...

Social housing and Right-to-Buy sales Data Request

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Suraj Rajesh on 6 February 2023.

Long overdue.

Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your freedom of infor...

FOI on Recycling of Paper and Cardboard Waste Contracts

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Chris Cooper on 12 January 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Chris Cooper, we apologise for the lateness of response to your request for an internal review. This was due to an unforeseen disruption to staf...

Grounds/Trees/Playgrounds Maintenance and Management Software

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to George Peters on 12 January 2023.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Peters, Further to your email dated 30/12/2022. A review of the way your request was handled has been conducted by the Council’s Monitoring...

Information About Subject Access Requests (SARs)

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Lisa Donovan on 1 December 2022.

Successful.

Dear Mr Dawkins Please find attached our response to your freedom of information request under our ref WODC FOI 002105. Yours sincerely...

Bus shelter contracts

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Scott Lloyd on 6 January 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Scott Lloyd, We apologise for the lateness of response to your request for an internal review. This was due to an unforeseen disruption to staf...

Smart energy meters installed in public buildings

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Emma Bertie on 23 December 2022.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Emma Bertie, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to yo...

Free voter cards to be issued by councils under new bill

Response by West Oxfordshire District Council to Jon Harvey on 21 December 2022.

Successful.

Dear Jon Harvey, Further to your request, please find a response attached. If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to you...

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