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Dear Ricardo

Thank you for your email dated 15 December 2017 where you requested
information about derelict properties.

Request

I would like to see a list of all the abandoned houses that are available
in enfield Borough.

I can confirm that the London Borough of Enfield holds this information.

Section 31 (1a) of the Freedom of Information Act applies to this
request.  This section provides that information is exempt from disclosure
if such disclosure would prejudice the “prevention or detection of
crime”.   Putting the addresses of empty properties (residential or
otherwise) within the borough into the public domain would, in the
authority’s view, compromise the security of the buildings concerned and
would prejudice the objectives of preventing criminal behaviour. We
consider there is a significant risk that releasing details of empty
properties might lead to burglary, arson or squatting.

Section 31 is a qualified exemption to which the public interest test must
be applied. There do not appear to be any obvious public interest
considerations that would weigh in favour of disclosure beyond that
wherever possible it is in the public interest for them to have access to
information.  There is, however, in our view clear public interest
considerations that weigh in favour of not disclosing the information,
since to do so would prejudice the objective of prevention of crime which
is of course in everyone’s interests. Having considered whether the public
interest weighs in favour of disclosure or non-disclosure, in this
instance the authority has decided that it is not in the public interest
to release such information. 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:

Complaints and Access to Information Team

Email – [1][Enfield Council request email]

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

Kind Regards

Theresa Willard

Complaints and Access to Information Coordinator- Gateway Services

Finance, Resources and Customer Services

Enfield Council

Thomas Hardy House

39 London Road

Enfield

EN2 6DS

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delivering excellent services and building strong communities.’

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