Bristol to Portbury Rail Link

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Dear North Somerset Council,

In 2001/2 a rail link was opened between Bristol and Portbury, utilising part of the former Bristol to Portishead railway line running through the Avon Gorge.

Please could you release, in electronic form via this WhatDoTheyKnow request, any recorded information which you hold relating to the ecological impact of (re)opening this line.

Please include:

a) any ecological survey information
b) any environmental impact assessment
c) any information relating to ecological compensation or mitigation
d) any management proposals or plans
e) any information relating to plans for monitoring the impact during and since the opening of the line, and the results of this monitoring

If you are aware of any other bodies which may hold information on this subject, please could you let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Davis

Victoria Watkins, North Somerset Council

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Dear Ms Davis

Freedom of Information Act (2000) – Request for Information

Further to your request, please see our response attached:
<<Final Document with appendices v2.pdf>> <<Portishead Railway Phase 2
Final Oct 2011.pdf>>
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In line with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2004, the Council reserves the right to charge for disbursements, such as
photocopying and postage. However, on this occasion no fee will be
charged.

Please note that the Freedom of Information Act only provides you with a
right of access to recorded information. Any information subject to
copyright will continue to be protected by the Copyright Designs and
Patents Act (1998). This includes information which is copyright of the
council. Disclosure of any information by the council to you does not
provide you with any rights to use or distribute the information in breach
of any copyright.

North Somerset Council now considers that it has complied with your
request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with
our response. In the first instance you should address your appeal for a
review of the response or our handling of your request to the Council’s
Information Governance & Compliance Manager, in writing at:

Mr Gary Shipsey, Information Governance & Compliance Manager, The Town
Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1UJ.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Council’s internal review,
you have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner.  You
can request a review of the council’s decisions by contacting:

The Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Victoria Watkins
Business Support Officer
Development and Environment
North Somerset Council
 
Tel: 01934 634825
Post: North Somerset Council, Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS23
1UJ
Web: [1]www.n-somerset.gov.uk

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Dear Victoria,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, my request seems to have been misinterpreted. All of the information you have sent through appears to relate to the proposed extension to provide passenger transport to Portishead. My request relates to the already re-opened freight line from Bristol to Portbury. Could you please look at this again?

Thanks,

Susan Davis

Victoria Watkins, North Somerset Council

Dear Ms Davis,

Thank you for your email. I have asked the team who provided the information we released to you to re look at your request. I will be back in touch with you when I have had a response from them.

Best regards, Victoria

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Victoria Watkins, North Somerset Council

Dear Ms Davis,

The Transport Policy team have confirmed that the only information they hold regarding your request are the two documents that were released to you on 24 August 2012.

Regards, Victoria

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