Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply service.
If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions explaining how
to do this.

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply
service. If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions
explaining how to do this.

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Dear Alex Frazer,

Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 –
Request No. RFI-02746

Thank you for requesting information under the Environmental Information
Regulations.

We will proceed with the request which we received on 17 October 2024. It
is our intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as
possible otherwise within the statutory 20 working days - by 14 November
2024.

Request:

Can you please share all information related to conservation area changes
in Bedford Borough since 2018.  Please include all areas that have been
added or removed from conservation area status.

In consideration of the request, which may be subject to any exceptions
the Council may rely on to refuse the request, some of which only apply
where the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs that in
disclosing the information.

Please note that as you are requesting information under the Environmental
Information Regulations although we provide free access to a wide range of
information through our website, access to any public registers which we
hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we are allowed to
charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain information.  If
applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice.  This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated
costs.  Further information is available on the EIR page of Bedford
Borough Council’s website at the following link: [1]Environmental
Information Regulations | Bedford Borough Council

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [2][email address].

Kind Regards

Customer Feedback Officer

Customer Services & Customer Feedback

Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP

Website: www.bedford.gov.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on Twitter:
@bedfordtweets

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Dear Alex Frazer,

Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 –
Request No. RFI-02746

Thank you for your request for information about Bedford Borough
Conservation Area Changes, which we received on 17 October 2024. Your
request has been considered under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.

Please see your request and our response below:

Request:

Can you please share all information related to conservation area changes
in Bedford Borough since 2018.  Please include all areas that have been
added or removed from conservation area status.

Response: The Council has designated one new conservation area since 2018
at Little Barford (in 2023). The information is exempt under Section 21 of
the FOIA because it is available in the public domain, a copy of the
conservation area appraisal document for Little Barford can be found
towards the bottom of the following page:
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/files/little-...

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.  For
further information regarding Re-use of Public Sector Information please
see the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request,
you may ask for an internal review. Please email: [3][email address] and
we will arrange for an internal review of your case. Under Regulation
11(2) this needs to be done no later than 40 working days after 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

[4]www.ico.gov.uk  

Kind Regards

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback

Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP

Website: [5]www.bedford.gov.uk

Facebook: [6]https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on Twitter:
@bedfordtweets

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Dear Alex Frazer,

I am writing to apologise for an error in my recent response to your
request for information.

In my response , I cited Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2000, which exempts information that is reasonably accessible to
the applicant by other means. However, your request falls under the
Environmental Information regulations (EIR) 2004, and the correct
provision I should have referred to, is Regulation 6 which refers to
information already publicly available and accessible to you.

I apologise for this oversight and any confusion it may have caused.

Yours sincerely

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: [1]www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: [2]https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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From: Request For Information <[email address]>
Sent: 31 October 2024 08:09
To: '[FOI #1188738 email]' <[FOI #1188738 email]>
Cc: Request For Information <[email address]>
Subject: Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act
2004 – Request No. RFI-02746

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Dear Alex Frazer,

Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 –
Request No. RFI-02746

Thank you for your request for information about Bedford Borough
Conservation Area Changes, which we received on 17 October 2024. Your
request has been considered under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.

Please see your request and our response below:

Request:

Can you please share all information related to conservation area changes
in Bedford Borough since 2018.  Please include all areas that have been
added or removed from conservation area status.

Response: The Council has designated one new conservation area since 2018
at Little Barford (in 2023). The information is exempt under Section 21 of
the FOIA because it is available in the public domain, a copy of the
conservation area appraisal document for Little Barford can be found
towards the bottom of the following page:
[3]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/files/little-...

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.  For
further information regarding Re-use of Public Sector Information please
see the following link:

[4]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request,
you may ask for an internal review. Please email: [5][email address] and
we will arrange for an internal review of your case. Under Regulation
11(2) this needs to be done no later than 40 working days after 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

[6]www.ico.gov.uk  

Kind Regards

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback

Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP

Website: [7]www.bedford.gov.uk

Facebook: [8]https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on Twitter:
@bedfordtweets

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Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to 
[2][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply service.
If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions explaining how
to do this.

References

Visible links
1. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/...
2. mailto:[email%20address]

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply
service. If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions
explaining how to do this.

References

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1. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...
2. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...
3. mailto:[email%20address]

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Dear Alex

Thank you for your email.

Your request has been forwarded to the relevant team to provide the information and will contact you again once we have received their response.

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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Dear Alex Frazer

Following from my email below, I can confirm that no areas have been removed.

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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