Communications with Applicant Regarding 1/18/9012
Dear Cumbria County Council,
I make this request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please supply the response under whichever act results in the disclosure of the most information. In the event that the information disclosure under EIR and FOI would be the same, please disclose the information under EIR.
Please provide copies of all communications (including, but not limited, to emails with any attachments and minutes of meetings) since 25 August 2020 between Cumbria County Council and the applicants (including agents, partners and any other company or individual acting for, or with, the applicants) of planning application 1/18/9012 with regard to 1/18/9012. Please include any communications regarding the development of an incinerator at Kingmoor Park (Carlisle) even if the correspondence does not specifically mention or concern 1/18/9012 (e.g. if there has been communication about a new planning application for an incinerator at Kingmoor Park, Carlisle).
Information concerning the discharge of conditions that is available on planning.cumbria.gov.uk under 1/18/9012 need not be included, but please include the covering emails/letters relating to the discharge of conditions in your response.
Please reply by email with PDF attachments.
Yours faithfully,
D Mudge
Dear D Mudge
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Reference: FOI-11989-2022
Thank you for your request for information regarding Planning application,
which was received on 14/02/2022.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 14/03/2022.
Subject to the information not being exempt or containing any references
to third parties.
The council will, as a matter of routine make information available in
electronic format. Where it is not practical to do this information will
be provided in hard copy (paper). If information is required in
alternative formats e.g. language, audio, large print, etc., please
indicate this as soon as possible so the council can consider your
request.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 define a number of
exemptions/exceptions which may prevent information being released to you
automatically. The council will make an assessment about the application
of any exemptions/exceptions and issue you with a decision letter, which
will include details of your right to appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party the
council will consult with them prior to making a decision about the
release of information.
In accordance with the council's Charging Policy a fee may be charged for
supplying information. If a fee is payable you will be issued with a fees
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suspended until the council has received and processed your payment. If
payment is not received within three months of issuing the fees notice
your request will be closed.
If you have any queries or concerns about this email do not hesitate to
contact us.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
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Dear Mr Mudge,
I am writing to you today to advise that your request for information
(Case reference: FOI-11989-2022) has been logged under the Freedom of
Information Act in error. As such, I must advise that we will now respond
under the Environmental Information Regulations.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind Regards,
Sophie Harrison
Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Corporate, Customer and Community Services - Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse, Kingmoor Business Park, Baron Way, CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
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Dear Mr Mudge,
I am writing to inform you that I am extending the timescale for the above
request for a further 20 working days from the current deadline date
(14^th March) taking us to 11^th April 2022.
“Regulation 7(1)(3) – requirement to notify the requester that the
authority needs an extension of time to deal with a request which is
complex or voluminous.”
The reason for this extension is due to the volume of work. I have
received over 50 separate documents from the service, each with multiple
pages (some having 20+ pages each). Each page will need redacting manually
which can take 2-5 minutes per page. As well as this, I will also need to
undertake a third party consultation. We do this when the information
relates to a third party organisation. This gives the organisation a
chance to let us know if they object to any of the information being
disclosed about them. We give the organisation 1 week to get back to us.
As such, your new deadline for disclosure is 11^th April 2022.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Many Thanks,
Sophie Harrison
Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Corporate, Customer and Community Services - Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse, Kingmoor Business Park, Baron Way, CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
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This e-mail contains confidential information (which may also be legally
privileged) and is intended solely for the use of the intended named
recipient. If you are not the intended recipient you may not disclose,
copy, distribute or retain any part of this message or its attachments. If
you have received this message in error please notify the originator
immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. Incoming
and outgoing emails may be monitored in line with current legislation. All
copies of the message received in error should be destroyed. Any views or
opinions expressed are solely those of the original author. This email
message has been scanned for viruses, and declared to be virus free at the
point of exit from Cumbria County Council's network.
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Dear Ms Harrison,
Thank you for notifying me of the extended deadline for disclosure and the reason for that extension.
That deadline, 11th April 2022, has now expired. Please let me know when I can expect the requested information.
Yours sincerely,
D Mudge
Dear D Mudge
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Reference: FOI-11989-2022
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
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Good Afternoon Mr Mudge,
Thank you for your email.
Apologies for the slight delay.
I have been attempting to send you your response via our portal but the files may be too big.
I am going to try again today and if this doesn’t work, I will send via Egress.
You should receive it today.
Many Thanks,
Sophie Harrison
Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Corporate, Customer and Community Services - Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse, Kingmoor Business Park, Baron Way, CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
www.cumbria.gov.uk
Dear Cumbria County Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Cumbria County Council's handling of my FOI request 'Communications with Applicant Regarding 1/18/9012'.
I appreciate the information that has been sent, but I am concerned that the response may not be complete. For example:
1. I can find no covering emails for the decision letters regarding the discharge of conditions shown on planning.cumbria.gov.uk. The decision letters themselves do not need to be included because they are already available on the planning website. It may be that the decision letters were posted rather than emailed, but if they were emailed, please send the covering emails.
2. Some acknowledgement emails may be missing, e.g. acknowledgements from Cumbria County Council to the following:
i) email with subject "Kingmoor ERF Discharge of Conditions documents upload for informal review" dated 11 January 2021
ii) email with subject "Commencement Letter - PDF Version" sent on 14 January 2022
iii) email with subject "Notification of Commencement of Development at Kingmoor ERF" sent on 14 January 2022
iv) email with subject "Kingmoor" sent on 27 January 2022.
3. The email requesting discharge of Tranche A conditions which the supporting statement for discharge of conditions tranche B says was submitted 26 Feb 2021.
4. There is no correspondence relating to any site visit. I understand a site visit did occur so please check that Cumbria County Council hold no record of communications regarding this site visit (either prior to or after the visit) other than the initial invitation from Stephenson Halliday in the letter with subject "IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION 1/18/9012 ENERGY RECOVERY FACILITY, KINGMOOR PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE" dated 21 Dec 2022 (which presumably should have been 21 Dec 2021).
Thank you for checking that all the requested information has been included.
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,
D Mudge
Dear D Mudge
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Internal Review Acknowledgement
Reference: FOI-11989-2022
Following the disclosure that we sent to you on 13/04/2022 in response to
your request about Planning application.
As you are dissatisfied with the way your request has been handled your
request will now be considered through the Council's internal review
process. The internal review will be carried out by Keely Nicholson,
Complaints & Information Governance Officer.
The internal review stage is an opportunity to consider the request
afresh. The disclosure made by the council will be considered, in the
light of all the relevant information.
Following the internal review the Council aims to respond within 20
working days. If for any reason we are unable to meet that time frame we
will let you know.
If you are not satisfied with the council's internal review you have the
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner (contact details provided
below):
First Contact Team
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
E-mail: [email address]
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If you have any queries please contact us.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
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Dear Information Governance,
A response to my internal review request is long overdue. Please let me know when I can expect a reply.
Yours sincerely,
D Mudge
Dear Mr Mudge,
My apologies for the delay in responding to your Internal Review.
I can confirm this is now at the final stage of the process - Service Approval.
Once we receive confirmation from Service, the information will be sent over to you instantly.
Again my sincere apologies, and I appreciate your patience thus far.
Kind regards,
Keely Nicholson
Information Governance and Complaints Officer
Complaints, Information Governance & Registration |
Service Centre | Corporate Customer and Community Directorate |
Cumbria County Council | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park | Carlisle | CA6 4SJ Tel: 01228 221234
Dear D Mudge
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Reference: FOI-11989-2022
Please see attached for a response to your Internal Review Request.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
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