List of long term privately owned and commercial properties
Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,
I am looking for a list of long term empty residential and commercial properties within the council area.
Would you be able to supply me with this under the freedom of information act.
A spreadsheet will suffice,I require no personal information,simply the property address.
Yours faithfully,
K M Leahy
Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Case Reference: 101001582970
Dear Mr Leahy
Thank you for your email 19th September 2013.
It will be treated as a request within the meaning of the Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it.
If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.
In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the log number 1582970.
Yours sincerely
Scott Robertson
FOI Unit
Solutions Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Dear K Leahy
Further to your Freedom of Information request, Log Number 1582970. I can
confirm that the Council holds information relating to your request.
Please find attached the information requested. Please note that we have
excluded details of any properties owned by private individuals from this
list under Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 40
(2) of the Act states that information is exempt from disclosure if it
constitutes the personal data of a third party and its disclosure under
the Act would breach any of the data Protection principles or section 10
of the Data Protection Act (DPA). Blank rows within the spreadsheet
indicate where personal data has been redacted.
The Council considers that the information is exempt from disclosure under
subsection 40 (2) for the following reasons:
1. The requested information is the personal data of a third party,
namely the individual. The definition of personal data is taken from
Section 1 of the DPA.
It is the Council’s view that: -
• Disclosing the data would be unfair to the individual concerned,
• Disclosure is considered incompatible with the purpose for which
the information was gathered.
2. The Data Protection Act Principles - the council considers that
disclosure will contravene the first data protection principle, which
states that “ personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully, and in
particular, shall not be processed unless –
(a) At least one of the conditions in schedule 2 is met, and
(b) In the case of sensitive personal data, at least one of the
conditions in Schedule 3 is also met.”
The Council considers that disclosure will be unfair, as the requested
information held in relation to the individual was not intended for wider
public disclosure.
The Council considers that your request has been answered in full by
either confirming that information is not held, providing you with the
information requested, or explaining why any information has been withheld
and the reasons for any redaction. Where applicable, the Council has
also told you the reasons for the delay in responding to your request.
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have not received an explanation why some information is not being
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is not received.
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and/or
• You consider that a fee has been wrongly applied.
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The Solutions Team can be contacted by email via:
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Solutions Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
HQ
58 Nicholas Street
Chester
CH1 2NP
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The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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There is no charge for making an appeal.
Caroline Timms
Solutions Assistant - Solutions Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
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