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 Brian Cowling,

Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 –
Request No. RFI-02454

Thank you for requesting information under the Environmental Information
Regulations.

We will proceed with the request which we received on 12 September 2024.
It is our intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as
possible otherwise within the statutory 20 working days - by 10 October
2024.

Could you please advise of your postal address as we do not have this on
the files that I have access to. Alternatively, the document can be sent
to the email address that this request came from.

Request:

Please provide me with a true to scale (1:2,500) hard copy of the map
accompanying the above-mentioned public path order.

I would like to receive the map in paper format sent by post. Bedford
Borough Council’s Countryside and Public Access Team, who drafted the
Order, have my full postal address on file.

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

Angela Benedito (she/her)

Customer Feedback Officer

Customer Services & Customer Feedback

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

Tel: 01234 276816 (44816)

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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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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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Brian Cowling,

Request pursuant to Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004 –
Request No. RFI-02454

Thank you for your request for information about Public Path Map, which we
received on 12 September 2024. Your request has been considered under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The Council has sent you this information in PDF format on the 11^th
September and the documents are available to view in the reception of
Borough Hall free of charge.

As per S.8 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ([1]The
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (legislation.gov.uk) ), a fee
is payable before we can provide you with the information in printed form.
The fee in this case is £2.02 - please refer to the following schedule
explaining how this was calculated:

Print A4 Colour £0.80
Postage – First Class £1.22

To enable us to proceed, please use the Council’s online facility at
[2]http://www.bedford.gov.uk/ To do this:

• Select Pay, Report, Request online
• Under Pay online, select Archives and Records
• From the drop-down, select Environmental Information Regulations
• Enter your details and the amount set above.
• In the message box add the reference number: RFI-02454 Payment Code
8517 - 27100

If we do not receive your payment by 6^th December 2024– 60 working days
from the date of this email, we will consider your request closed.

The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond to your request from
the date of its receipt. This time limit is suspended until we receive
payment. As soon as we receive your payment we will begin work on
processing your request.

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

Yours sincerely

Customer Feedback Officer

Customer Services & Customer Feedback

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

Website: [5]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: [6]https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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