CEPC VUE Cinema Birkenhead CH41 4PE
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
I have searched the HM Government energy certificate webpage for certificates for the VUE Cinema Birkenhead CH41 4PE which you previously confirmed the council bought for £6,800.000.00 and rents back to VUE
https://find-energy-certificate.service....
That webpage suggests –
The CEPC Commercial Energy Performance Certificate expired on 30/11/2021
And the CEPC-RR Commercial Energy Performance Certificate Recommendation Report expired on 30/11/2021
For the VUE Cinema Please confirm or provide –
1 a copy of, or link to, or confirmation there is none –
1.1 the current valid CEPC Commercial Energy Performance Certificate
1.2 the current valid CEPC-RR Commercial Energy Performance Certificate Recommendation Report
2 where there is no current valid CEPC or CEPC-RR, please confirm or provide –
2.1 what action regarding this the council has taken as owner and landlord
2.2 any reasons for no action or limited action or the level of action taken as owner and landlord
2.3 what action regarding this the council has taken as local authority responsible for enforcing energy certificate standards
2.4 any reasons for no action or limited action or the level of action taken as local authority
2.5 all recorded information of any kind regarding the lack of such current valid certificate here
2.6 including all recorded information regarding any reference, consideration, communication or discussion of the impact the lack of such current valid certificates so publicly here may or has had on the level of adherence to energy certificate standards by the public, the level of trust and confidence the public have in the council’s implementation of energy certificate standards, and on the council’s ability to continue to effectively enforce energy certificate standards without detriment
2.7 including all recorded information regarding any reference, consideration, communication or discussion of the impact the lack of such current valid certificates so publicly here may or has had on the ability of the council and the public reputation of its ability to be, as it appears to aspire to be, a leader and driver of development and regeneration of Birkenhead Town Centre and Wirral as a whole.
Yours faithfully,
John Jones
Dear Mr Jones
We have strong reason to believe that the name used in your requests is a
pseudonym. We have previously sought proof of identity from you under
[1][email address] and no response was
received.
Section 8 FOIA describes the criteria that a valid request under the Act
must meet, specifically Section 8(1)(b), which states that a valid request
will ‘state the name of the applicant’. The ICO has produced guidance
regarding this part of the Act, stating that:
“A requester can be an individual, a company or an organisation, but in
each case Section 8(1)(b) requires that a request for information must
include the name of the requester. In our view, the intention of the
legislation is for the requester to provide their real name so their
request could be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
FOIA.”
We therefore consider this request is invalid as it fails to meet the
requirements of Section 8(1)(b) FOIA.
Yours sincerely
Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Law and Corporate Services
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ
Email: [2][Wirral Borough Council request email]
Visit our website: [3]www.wirral.gov.uk
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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,
Please confirm –
1 the reasons you allege pseudonym
2 the legal basis for your demand for my identity papers
Yours sincerely,
John Jones
Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,
I previously sought confirmation from you of -
1 the reasons you allege pseudonym
2 the legal basis for your demand for my identity papers
And no response has been received.
I therefore consider your unilateral declaration that my requests are invalid, to itself be invalid.
Please now comply with your legal obligations in respect of my requests without diversion or delay.
Yours sincerely,
John Jones
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'CEPC VUE Cinema Birkenhead CH41 4PE'.
REASONS -
It is now 48 working days since my request for information under EIR and you have refused to supply me with any information due to a claim of pseudonym but despite my requests have not given me any reasons or evidence for this, so not even transparent about your reasons for not being transparent despite your published commitment to the nolan principles.
Even if you had it is irrelevant for my request for environmental information which according to the legislation and your own published policy you should have supplied within 20 working days of my request but it is now 48 working days and counting since I requested it and you refuse to supply it.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
John Jones
Information request
Our reference: 477793
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Dear John Jones
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations
2004
The Council's position remains as advised in [1][email address]
Yours sincerely
Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Information Management
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Dear Lynette Paterson,
The link you have given does not work.
Please give a link that works.
If it relates to your still as yet unexplained and unevidenced pseudonym claim which is anyway irrelevant for EIR requests like this please see and respond to my message of 01/10/2024 in this link -
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/e...
Yours sincerely,
John Jones
Information request
Our reference: 477793
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Dear John Jones
Outcome of internal review: 477793
Thank you for your Internal Review request received on 2 October 2024.
Wirral Council holds no additional information relating to this request
other than that which is publicly available on
[1]https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate.
The Council's duty relates to the disclosure of recorded information,
which is not compatible with your request for explanation or comment.
If you are still dissatisfied with our response after the internal review
you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
Tracy O'Hare
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Governance - Legal & Corporate Services
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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,
My request of 20/07/2024 which is now 92 working days ago was not for you to create explanation or comment in response. My request was for you to provide information already held.
Yours sincerely,
John Jones
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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
My request of 20/07/2024 which is now 92 working days ago was not for you to create explanation or comment in response. My request was for you to provide information already held.
Yours faithfully,
John Jones
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