Please Ask For:  Dawn Webster
Direct Line:  01246 217688
E-mail:   [Bolsover District Council request email]
Date:02/02/2023
 
Leonard
[FOI #944082 email]
Dear Leonard
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
 
Your reference number – F 421  2223
 
Thank you for your email of 30/01/2023 requesting information about how
many 5G towers have been fitted in the District of Bolsover?
 
For your reference please use our [1][Bolsover District Council request email]  email address
for future requests as we receive these requests direct and this may save
some time.
 
Your request is being considered under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. We aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date
we received it, as prescribed under the Act.  
 
For your information, the Act gives you the right to be told whether we
hold the information (subject to absolute exemptions). The Act also
defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the
information you have requested. You will be informed if this is the case,
together with your rights of appeal.
 
If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to
release the information to you. You will be informed if we need more time
to do this.
 
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be notified in writing.
 
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contact us on the above contact details. Please remember to quote the
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Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   0303 123 1113
[2]www.ico.org.uk
 
Yours sincerely
 
Dawn Webster
Information and Policy Officer
Performance Team
Bolsover District Council
The Arc
High Street
Clowne
Derbyshire
S43 4JY
Tel: 01246 217688
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Please Ask For:  Dawn Webster
Direct Line:  01246 217688
E-mail:   [Bolsover District Council request email]
Date: 21st February 2023
 
Leonard
[FOI #944082 email]
 
Dear Leonard
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Reference F/471/2223
Your request for information has been considered and, to the best of our
knowledge, the information we hold which relates to your request is as
follows:
Please confirm:
1. how many 5G towers have been fitted in the District of Bolsover?
2. How may are LIVE and switched on (if not all) ?
3. Who owns them? e.g Three 5G, O2 5G, Vodafone 5G, EE 5G ?
 
4. Please provide a copy of :
a. The Health and Safety Risk Assessment ?
b. The Environmental Impact Analysis ?
c. and the Insurance Policy for the equipment ?
 
All information held by Bolsover District Council relating to
telecommunication masts (including 5G masts) is available to view online
on the council’s website at the following link: Advanced Search
([1]www.bolsover.gov.uk) and by entering the word Mast in the key words.
I hope that you are satisfied with our response. However, if you are
dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your information request your
next step would be to clearly state in writing why you are dissatisfied
and the Council will treat this as a formal complaint in accordance with
our Compliments, Comments and Complaints policy. The policy together with
information on how to make a complaint is available on the Council’s
website [2]www.bolsover.gov.uk or by emailing CCCAdmin[3]@bolsover.gov.uk.
I also have a duty to make you aware of the Information Commissioner's
Office, which is an independent body who monitors the Data Protection Act,
the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations,
and make sure organisations fulfil their legal obligations under the
Acts.  They can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   0303 123 1113
[4]www.ico.org.uk
 
Yours sincerely
Dawn Webster
Information & Policy Officer
Performance Team
North East District Council/Bolsover District Council
Tel: 01246 217688 (Both Councils)
[5]www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk or [6]www.bolsover.gov.uk
 
 
 
 
 

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Direct Line:  01246 217688
E-mail:   [Bolsover District Council request email]
Date: 13/03/2023
 
Leonard Harpin
[FOI #944082 email]
 
Dear Leonard
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Reference F/471/2223
Firstly please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you.
Your request has been review again and the information we hold which
relates to your request is as follows:

 1. how many 5G towers have been fitted in the District of Bolsover? A
register of this information is not held by the Council. Please note
that not all masts require planning permission. I include some
guidance from the Government that explains this:
[1]https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/pla...

Some information is held by the Council in the form of planning
applications and these can be searched on our website, please see guidance
below.

 2. How may are LIVE and switched on (if not all) ? As above
 2. Who owns them? e.g Three 5G, O2 5G, Vodafone 5G, EE 5G ? As above
 2. Please provide a copy of :

 a. The Health and Safety Risk Assessment ? Some information may be
contained with the planning applications as noted above.
 a. The Environmental Impact Analysis ?Some Information may be available
on planning applications as noted above.
 a. and the Insurance Policy for the equipment ? Some information may be
available on planning applications as noted above.

 
I can confirm that the Council will hold some information in relation 5G
masts through the Planning process. However, this information is exempt
under Section 21 (information reasonably accessible to the public) of the
FOI Act because Planning applications are publicly available on the
Council’s website. 
This exemption means that Council, as a public authority, does not have to
provide requested information that the requesters could reasonably easily
obtain for themselves.
I can confirm that, on reflection, our original response did not provide
you with sufficient information to enable you to reasonably identify the
information you had requested. Using the word “mast” in the search
facility identified 145 possible applications, many of these related to
the word “Master”.
By way of advice and assistance, I can advise that the information can be
searched for on our website [2]www.bolsover.gov.uk and the specific page
of [3]https://publicaccess.bolsover.gov.uk/onl...
I have spoken with the planning department who have confirmed that if you
use code “DETT56” in the key words box, this will provide you with
applications relating to telecommunications. This will reduce the number
of applications to 53. Please note that the search facility is not
comprehensive and if the applicant does not contain the key words e.g 5G
then we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information returned.
 
I have also undertaken a search of the planning portal and it appears that
the council has had two applications under the code “DETT56” since UK 5G
rollout began in 2019.
These are:
[4]21/00380/DETT56 | Proposed 20.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet
at base and associated ancillary works. | Land At Grid Reference 444289
355879 Lea Vale Broadmeadows South Normanton.
[5]23/00069/DETT56 | The removal of the existing 17m mast and its
replacement with a 21m tower supporting 6 no. antennas and 2 no. 0.3m
dishes (1no. relocated). | Telecommunications Mast 10076 Westfield Lane
Barlborough.
 
I hope that you are satisfied with our response. However, if you are
dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your information request your
next step would be to clearly state in writing why you are dissatisfied
and the Council will treat this as a formal complaint in accordance with
our Compliments, Comments and Complaints policy. The policy together with
information on how to make a complaint is available on the Council’s
website [6]www.bolsover.gov.uk or by emailing CCCAdmin[7]@bolsover.gov.uk.
I also have a duty to make you aware of the Information Commissioner's
Office, which is an independent body who monitors the Data Protection Act,
the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations,
and make sure organisations fulfil their legal obligations under the
Acts.  They can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   0303 123 1113
[8]www.ico.org.uk
 
Yours sincerely
Dawn Webster
Information & Policy Officer
Performance Team
North East District Council/Bolsover District Council
Tel: 01246 217688 (Both Councils)
[9]www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk or [10]www.bolsover.gov.uk
 

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Direct Line:    01246 242355

Please ask for: Liz Robinson

Our Ref:         BDC – 6118

e-mail:            [email address]

Date:   5th April 2023

Mr L Harpin

[FOI #944082 email]

Dear Mr Harpin

Re: Your FOI Internal Review Complaint received on 21st March 2023.

I am writing further to your Internal Review complaint received on 21st
March 2023 concerning the response to your request for information
(reference  F/471/2223) ,  which you made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.  I have now reviewed your complaint with the Information,
Engagement and Performance Manager, and have the following information:

The Information, Engagement & Performance Manager has reviewed the
information provided to you under FOI request (ref: F/471/2223) and notes
the following:

You made a request for information held in relation to 5G masts. The
Information & Policy Officer sent an updated response on the 13th March
2023 to provide improved information on how to search for the information
on the Council’s public access system which is a database of planning
applications. You sought an Internal Review as the Council stated that it
may hold information on Health & Safety Assessments, Environmental Impact
Assessments and Insurance Policy by virtue of the information supplied by
the planning applicant when making their application.

The Council is not obliged to provide information under FOI which is
reasonably accessible to the public. The Council publishes copies of all
planning applications and associated documents such as officer reports,
public comments, and statutory consultee comments, supplementary documents
supplied by or requested from the applicant. As such information about
planning applications and the administration of them are transparent and
readily available to the public. I understand that you have not raised any
concerns about your ability to access the information and therefore the
Information, Engagement & Performance Manager is satisfied that the
exemption has been applied correctly.

As noted in the Council’s FOI response, the original information provided
to you to help you undertake a relevant search of the public access system
was not as helpful as it could have been. As such the Information & Policy
Officer apologised for the inconvenience caused, provided improved search
information and advised you that when she undertook the search herself
that she found two relevant applications. The reference details for the
two applications were also provided. Upon review the Information,
Engagement & Performance Manager is satisfied that the Council has
discharged its duty to provide assistance under the FOI Act.

As noted in the Council’s FOI response the information sought by you is
only held by the Council by virtue of relevant planning applications. The
Council is not required by law to hold a register of 5G masts. That is why
the response stated that ‘some’ information may be held within the
relevant planning applications.

In order to assist you further the Information, Engagement & Performance
Manager has looked at the two applications and found two documents that
fall under the scope of your request as follows:

1) Lea Vale site, South Normanton – Site Specific Supplementary
Information (attached).

https://publicaccess.bolsover.gov.uk/onl...

2) Westfield Lane, Barlborough – Environmental Impact Assessment
(attached)

https://publicaccess.bolsover.gov.uk/onl...

You may also wish to look at the other documents listed under the above
applications.

If you are still dissatisfied with the information you received you have
the opportunity to contact the Information Commissioner's Office.  The
Information Commissioner's Office is an independent body who monitors the
Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental
Information Regulations, and make sure organisations fulfil their legal
obligations under the Acts.

They can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Liz Robinson

Customer Standards and Complaints Officer

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