Byelaws relating to UAV flights

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Dear Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority,

Can you please advise if you have any byelaws relating to the use off UAVs from your land, and if so can you please elder provide a copy or the link to their location on a website.

If you do not have any byelaws, do you have any other policies relating to the use of UAVs on your land?

Can you finally advise if these have been reviewed in relation to CQP722C (https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplic...) published by the Civil Aviation Authority in December 2020.

Yours faithfully,

Simon Hawkins

Reception Staff and shared mailbox, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Dear Mr Hawkins

 

Request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)

 

The Authority acknowledges receipt of your e-mail dated 20 January, 2021
which has been accepted as a formal request under the provisions of the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

Your reference number for this request is 321-2021 EIR (Please remember to
quote this reference number in any future communications.)

 

In relation to your application:-

 

(i)       Subject to the application of any statutory exemptions which may
apply in relation to your request, the Authority will take steps to
respond to your request.  If any such exemptions do apply, then you will
be notified accordingly by means of a separate formal written notice.

 

(ii)      The Authority has 20 working days, from the day after the date
of receipt, to comply with a request for information – under Section 10
of the Act.  Your letter of request was received by this Authority on 21
January, 2021.  The statutory limit ends on 18 February, 2021.

 

The Authority hopes to be in a position to respond within the statutory
timescale. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Cydgysylltydd Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Parc Llanion /Llanion Park
Doc Penfro /Pembroke Dock
Sir Benfro /Pembrokeshire
SA72 6DY

Ffon /Tel: 01646 624800
Ebost /Email: [1][email address] / [2][email address]

 

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Reception Staff and shared mailbox, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Dear Mr Hawkins

 

Request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)

 

The Authority acknowledges receipt of your e-mail dated 20 January, 2021
which has been accepted as a formal request under the provisions of the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

Your reference number for this request is 331-2021 EIR (Please remember to
quote this reference number in any future communications.)

 

In relation to your application:-

 

(i)       Subject to the application of any statutory exemptions which may
apply in relation to your request, the Authority will take steps to
respond to your request.  If any such exemptions do apply, then you will
be notified accordingly by means of a separate formal written notice.

 

(ii)      The Authority has 20 working days, from the day after the date
of receipt, to comply with a request for information – under Section 10
of the Act.  Your letter of request was received by this Authority on 21
January, 2021.  The statutory limit ends on 18 February, 2021.

 

The Authority hopes to be in a position to respond within the statutory
timescale. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Cydgysylltydd Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Parc Llanion /Llanion Park
Doc Penfro /Pembroke Dock
Sir Benfro /Pembrokeshire
SA72 6DY

Ffon /Tel: 01646 624800
Ebost /Email: [1][email address] / [2][email address]

 

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Reception Staff and shared mailbox, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

 

Dear Mr Hawkins

 

Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) Request

Reference: 331-2021 EIR

 

We write with reference to your request for information pursuant to the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.  Your request was received on
21 January 2021 in the following terms:

 

“Can you please advise if you have any byelaws relating to the use off
UAVs from your land, and if so can you please elder provide a copy or the
link to their location on a website.

 

If you do not have any byelaws, do you have any other policies relating to
the use of UAVs on your land?

 

Can you finally advise if these have been reviewed in relation to CQP722C
([1]https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplic...)
published by the Civil Aviation Authority in December 2020.”

 

The right under these Regulations to request official information held by
public bodies is subject to certain restrictions and exceptions.  The
Authority is under a legal duty to deal with your application in
accordance with the legislation and in particular to provide a response as
soon as practicable.

 

Our response is set out as follows:

 

1.          Duty to Confirm or Deny

 

        The Authority confirms that it holds the information requested.

 

2.          Disclosure

 

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority does not have any byelaws
relating to the use of UAVs from its land.

 

We have guidance for recreational use of UAVs in the form of a code of
conduct which is available on our website here: [2]Filming with a drone
(UAV) in the National Park - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

 

The guidance has not been reviewed in relation to CQP722C
([3]https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplic...)
published by the Civil Aviation Authority in December 2020.

 

YOUR RIGHTS

 

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to know
whether or not information is held by the Authority and the right to have
that information communicated to you in a comprehensible form.  A request
for information under the Act must be dealt with before the expiry of the
20 day period starting on the day after a valid request is received and
the appropriate fee (if applicable) is paid.

 

If you are unhappy with the way Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Authority has handled your request for information, you can request a
review by writing to the Freedom of Information Lead Officer, or by
e-mailing [4][email address].  Internal review requests
should be submitted within two months of the date of the receipt of the
response to your original communication.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office – Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH

 

Tel: 029 2067 8400
Fax: 029 2067 8399
Email: [5][email address]

 

There is no charge for making an appeal. 

 

Yours sincerely

Cydgysylltydd Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Parc Llanion /Llanion Park
Doc Penfro /Pembroke Dock
Sir Benfro /Pembrokeshire
SA72 6DY

Ffon /Tel: 01646 624800
Ebost /Email: [6][email address] / [7][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

Mae'r Awdurdod yn hapus i gyfathrebu yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg

The Authority is happy to communicate in Welsh or English

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