TVGs processed against Planning Inspectorate opinion

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Dear Southampton City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I request the following information:

1. How many Town and Village Green (TVG) applications has this local authority (LA) dealt with since 19 July 2006. Or if this not possible to obtain then the best you can do, but please specify the period of the search.

2. Of these TVG applications returned in 1, for how many was the Planning Inspectorate's opinion that the TVG application was excluded? In other words that a trigger event had occurred with no closing event.

3. Of these TVG applications returned in 2, for how many did the processing of the TVG application continue, in other words the LA ignored the Planning Inspectorate's opinion that any TVG application was excluded.

4. For the TVG applications returned in 3, please supply details of location, LA decision on the application and any appeal details i.e. court reference and outcome.

Electronic versions of documents are acceptable and preferred.

Thanks

Yours faithfully,

Malcolm Reeves

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Dear Malcolm Reeves,

 

Thank you for your Environmental information request received on
17/08/2020. This matter has been logged under reference number
EIR-2021-0335-037974.

 

Due to unprecedented challenges facing the Council during the coronavirus
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Matterson, Nathan, Southampton City Council

Dear Malcolm Reeves,

 

I understand you were anticipating a response to your freedom of
information request no later than close of play, 14/09/2020.

 

Unfortunately, your request has taken longer than anticipated to process,
and as such the Council is not likely to be in a position to respond
within this timescale. This is because the requested information falls
within records that have been archived and the relevant team need more
time to (i) retrieve docs from archives, and (ii) review the files
(including attendance at the office as these are physical files).

  

Please accept my apologies for the expected delays. I hope that this is
understandable during this extraordinary period.

 

Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson
Information Governance Officer

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

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Dear Malcolm Reeves,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request referenced EIR-2021-0335.

 

Please find attached the Council’s response to your recent Freedom of
Information Act request.

 

Please accept the Council’s apologies for the delay in responding to your
request.

 

Kind regards

 

Business Support Officer (FOI’s)

Business Support Service

Southampton City Council

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Dear BSS FOI,

Thanks for information, more or less on time in this difficult circumstances.

Yours sincerely,

Malcolm Reeves

BSS FOI, Southampton City Council

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