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Dear Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council,

I would like to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act.

For each calendar year from 2016, and for 2021 to date :

1) The number of complaints relating to conditions of properties in the Private Rented Sector the Council received,

2) The number of each of the following notice that were issued by the Council in relation to private rented homes:
a) an Improvement Notice,
b) an Emergency Remedial Action Notice
c) a Prohibition Order

3) The number of prosecutions brought by the Council in relation to conditions in private rented properties.

4) The number of (a) Notices of Intent and (b) Final Notices for civil penalties issued by the Council relating to housing matters.

5) The number of occasions on which the Council has assisted a tenant to obtain a Rent Repayment Order.

Yours faithfully,

Jon Patience

foi, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

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Hazel Skinner, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

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Dear Jon,

 

Please find the attached Excel spreadsheet that provides the responses to
questions 1 and 2 in your email below under your Freedom of Information
Act request.  I can advise in response to your questions 3, 4 and 5 the
Council have not undertaken the specified action for the period 2016 to
2021.

 

If you are dissatisfied with this response, then you may ask the Council
to conduct an internal review of your case by writing to the Council’s FOI
Team ([1][Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council request email]). If you are still not content after the Council
has conducted an internal review of your case, then you may apply directly
to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal review
procedure provided by the Borough Council.

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted in writing at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Please quote the reference number at the top of this email in any future
correspondence about this request.

 

Kind regards

 

Hazel Skinner

Senior Housing Environmental Health Officer

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

 

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Dear Hazel Skinner,

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Jon Patience

Hazel Skinner, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

I am now not available until 27 July 2021, if your enquiry is urgent
please contact the Private Sector Housing team on 01732 876067 or email at
[email address] .