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Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations

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Dear Stockton on Tees Council,

Please could you provide the following information on socially rented Traveller sites in your local authority area for the five full calendar years between 2017 and 2021. This includes all sites owned and managed by the local authority or by a housing association, but not private sites. For any 'yes' answers, please specify in your answer which site the answer refers to, e.g. 'Mary Street, Bradford', or 'Esholt Site, Bradford'.

For the purposes of this request, this is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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If you are unable to provide five years of information within the FOI/EIR cost limits, please prioritise 2021 and work backwards in reverse chronological order.

1a. Have you received any environmental complaints from residents or other parties, including council officers, between 2017 and 2021? Please respond with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years.

1b. For any 'Yes' answers, please list how many complaints you received by type for each calendar year. For example: 2017 - Total: 18 - 8 complaints for vermin, 2 from odour from refuse dump, 1 for noise, 3 for insects, 1 for dust, 2 for air pollution, 1 for flooding etc

2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? Please respond with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years for air, soil and noise separately. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution - Yes; Soil - No; Air pollution - Yes.

2b. For any 'Yes' answers, please state whether or not pollution or contamination exceeded legal or recommended levels, or was higher than the local authority area average on the site at any point through each year. Please give as much detail as you can, such as the month the breach occurred. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution exceeded legal or recommended levels in March; air pollution exceeded legal level.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby

Dear Stockton on Tees Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Stockton on Tees Council's handling of my FOI request 'Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations'.

This request is long overdue - please respond.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

FOI and Complaints, Stockton on Tees Council

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Dear Kathryn/Gareth

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Kind regards
Stockton Borough Council

Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
(01642) 528554
[Stockton on Tees Council request email]
www.stockton.gov.uk

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Dear FOI and Complaints,

I sent the following request on 13 April.

"Dear Stockton on Tees Council,

Please could you provide the following information on socially rented Traveller sites in your local authority area for the five full calendar years between 2017 and 2021. This includes all sites owned and managed by the local authority or by a housing association, but not private sites. For any 'yes' answers, please specify in your answer which site the answer refers to, e.g. 'Mary Street, Bradford', or 'Esholt Site, Bradford'.

For the purposes of this request, this is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

For more information: https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio... https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui...

If you are unable to provide five years of information within the FOI/EIR cost limits, please prioritise 2021 and work backwards in reverse chronological order.

1a. Have you received any environmental complaints from residents or other parties, including council officers, between 2017 and 2021? Please respond with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years.

1b. For any 'Yes' answers, please list how many complaints you received by type for each calendar year. For example: 2017 - Total: 18 - 8 complaints for vermin, 2 from odour from refuse dump, 1 for noise, 3 for insects, 1 for dust, 2 for air pollution, 1 for flooding etc

2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? Please respond with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years for air, soil and noise separately. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution - Yes; Soil - No; Air pollution - Yes.

2b. For any 'Yes' answers, please state whether or not pollution or contamination exceeded legal or recommended levels, or was higher than the local authority area average on the site at any point through each year. Please give as much detail as you can, such as the month the breach occurred. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution exceeded legal or recommended levels in March; air pollution exceeded legal level.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby"
Yours sincerely,

Katharine Quarmby and Gareth Davies

Stockton on Tees Council

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Dear Gareth Davies

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004 – Ref: 0112/2223

 

Thank you for your correspondence received on 02 August 2022.

 

Your request is being considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (whichever is most
appropriate). You will receive the information requested within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days.

 

However, please note the Acts define a number of exemptions that may
prevent release of the requested information. There will therefore be an
assessment of your request to determine if any exemptions apply to the
information requested. If the information cannot be released, or only
released in part you will be informed of the reasons why, together with
any rights of appeal.

 

If the information requested refers to a third party, they may be
consulted before deciding whether it can be released.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Governance Team

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Telephone: 01642 527521 I Email: [2][email address] I
Web: [3]www.stockton.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

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Dear Katherine Quarmby

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 0112/2223

Thank you for your correspondence received on 02 August 2022. In response
to your request I can now provide the following information.

1a. Have you received any environmental complaints from residents or other
parties, including council officers, between 2017 and 2021? Please respond
with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years.

Yes for all five years

 

1b. For any 'Yes' answers, please list how many complaints you received by
type for each calendar year. For example: 2017 - Total: 18 - 8 complaints
for vermin, 2 from odour from refuse dump, 1 for noise, 3 for insects, 1
for dust, 2 for air pollution, 1 for flooding etc

 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
   
   
Dust/Fume - Domestic 36 21 23 21 15
Dust/Fume - Industrial 25 38 39 18 11
Odour - Agriculture 14 4 8 2 8
Odour - Ind/Commercial 29 20 28 21 20
Smoke - Domestic Chimney 38 24 25 27 15
Smoke - Garden Bonfire 89 74 79 147 93
Smoke - Industrial Emissions 2 6 8 7 6
Smoke - Open Burning 23 21 15 35 48
Smoke - Vehicle Exhausts 2 3 4 1 2
NOISE - Barking Dogs 359 389 417 447 479
NOISE - Domestic Music 216 254 232 472 356
NOISE - Domestic General 307 342 345 486 463
NOISE - Construction Sites 27 47 39 35 46
NOISE - Industrial/Commercial 48 65 82 88 87
NOISE - Public House/Club 25 28 35 19 53
NOISE - Intruder Alarm 50 28 47 39 65
Pest Control - DOMESTIC FREE 888 1244 1231 1539 1038
Pest Control – DOMESTIC-CHARGEABLE 522 616 546 53 493

 

 

2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise
pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? Please respond
with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years for air, soil and
noise separately. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution - Yes; Soil - No;
Air pollution - Yes.

Air – Yes as part of the LAQM network and our annual ASR return to Defra

Soil – No as this is the responsibility of agents involved as part of the
planning process

Noise – Yes as part of the planning and statutory nuisance processes

 

2b. For any 'Yes' answers, please state whether or not pollution or
contamination exceeded legal or recommended levels, or was higher than the
local authority area average on the site at any point through each year.
Please give as much detail as you can, such as the month the breach
occurred. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution exceeded legal or
recommended levels in March; air pollution exceeded legal level.

No legal levels have been breached for any area. The Council’s ASR is
freely available on our website for air quality. All reports for land
contamination or noise impact are freely available via our planning
portal.

 

 

If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.

 

However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint to
[1][email address]

 

If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website:
[2]www.ico.org.uk

 

The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sarah McLaren

 

Information Governance Team

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Telephone: 01642 527521 I Email: [3][email address] I
Web: [4]www.stockton.gov.uk

 

 

 

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