My ref:
FOI 303466
Your ref:
Date: 26th May 2009
Contact:
Sarah Priestley – Information Governance Officer
Direct dial:
(01223) 699137
E Mail:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Customer Service and Transformation
Mr Ben Harris
Corporate Director, Pat Harding
Information Governance
By email
RES1405
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Room 307
Shire Hall
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
Dear Mr Harris
Re: Your request for information – refusal notice.
I write with reference to your email of April 28th, in which you request a copy of The City of
Cambridge (Permitted Parking and Special Parking Area)(Waiting Restrictions and Street
Parking Places)(Consolidation) Order 2004, along with 12 other Orders.
The request has been dealt with under the terms of the Environmental Information
Regulations and I can confirm that we do hold the information requested.
However, since October 2008, you have submitted several requests for information, all of
which have been for information relating to traffic regulation or authorisation for signs in the
Cambridge City Area. We consider that these requests form part of a series of linked
requests and therefore, we are treating the time spent on responding to them as cumulative.
We have calculated that up to our response on April 27th 2009 to a previous request, we have
spent in excess of 45 hours collating and providing you with the information requested.
Therefore we are refusing this request under
Regulation 12(4)b – the request for information
is manifestly unreasonable. This exception requires that we perform a public interest test and
in this case, the test favoured the refusal of the request.
The Environmental Information Regulations does not have a fees structure attached to it and
therefore, we are referring to the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection
(Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations which sets the appropriate limit for compliance
with a request at £450 or 18 hours.
In addition to this, you have previously been advised that the information you are requesting
is available for public inspection at Cambridgeshire County Council’s offices. Therefore the
information is already publicly available and
Regulation 6 therefore applies to your request.
In line with our Access to Information charging policy, which I have attached for your
reference, please do not submit any further requests for information about traffic regulation or
signage in Cambridge for a period of 60 days from the date of this response. (25th July 2009)
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to
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make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to Helen Maneuf,
Head of Audit, Scrutiny and Information Governance, Box Res1405, Room 307, Shire Hall,
Cambridge CB3 0AP within 40 days of the date of this letter.
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
Sarah Priestley
Information Governance Officer.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk