Correspondence relating to planning appeal hearing

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Epping Forest District Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Julie Georgina Smith

Dear Epping Forest District Council,

On 7 December 2022 there was a hearing to decide planning appeal no: APP/J1535/W/22/3294576

Please publish all communication relating to the appeal and/or hearing (to include but not be limited to emails, meeting notes, telephone call notes, minutes of meetings) in the period 25 November 2022 - 10 December 2022 inclusive between EFDC and/or its representatives, the appellant and/or their representatives and/or any third party.

Yours faithfully,

J Smith

Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Julie Smith,

Freedom of Information Request Ref:3071

I refer to your recent request for information about
 APP/J1535/W/22/3294576, which was received by the Council on the 7th of
August 2023.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.

If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Freedom of Information, Epping Forest District Council

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Apologies, previous email contained incorrect receipt month.

Dear Julie Smith,

Freedom of Information Request Ref:3071

I refer to your recent request for information about
 APP/J1535/W/22/3294576, which was received by the Council on the 7th of
September 2023.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.

If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

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Dear Julie Smith,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3071

I refer to your recent request for information about all communications
relating to Planning Appeal No: APP/J1535/W/22/3294576. The information
you requested is as follows and was provided by the senior officer
concerned, the names and details of junior officers have been redacted as
per GDPR regulations:

The only correspondence I had on this case during the specified time
period is contained within the attached email trail. I did not have any
meetings or telephone calls on the subject.

I spoke to the junior officer, who represented the Council at appeal, but
he has no correspondence or notes from this time period.

All other information from this time should be visible on the Councils
website.  

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright.
You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be
also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news
reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would
require the permission of the copyright holder.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully,

Lynne Ridley

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Julie Georgina Smith

Dear Epping Forest District Council,

Thank you for your response. According to the email from the senior business support officer, they intend to inform the inspector about councillor Jeffcoat speaking. Could you please provide me with a copies of any emails giving the inspector information about who is attending. I assume this communication was conducted via email, as you have told me there were no telephone calls or in-person meetings. The content of these email, as well as any messages sent to the appellant or their representatives regarding the speakers at this meeting, would be pertinent to my freedom of information request.

Yours faithfully,

J Smith

Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Julie Smith,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3071

I refer to your recent request for information about a hearing. The
information you requested is attached above.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright.
You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be
also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news
reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would
require the permission of the copyright holder.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Julie Georgina Smith

Dear Epping Forest District Council,

Thank you but still missing the email from the Senior Business Support Officer to the planning inspector on 06/12/22 explaining that councillor Jeffcoate would be speaking.

Yours faithfully,

Julie Smith

Freedom of Information, Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Ms Smith,

Thank you for your email.

Please note that this was sent in my reply previously, as attached above.

Kind regards

Beau Klusko

Freedom of Information Officer

From: Julie Georgina Smith <[FOI #1023628 email]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 2:07 PM
To: FOI Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information Request – Response Letter

CAUTION: This Message originated outside of Epping Forest District
Council. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the
sender and know the content is safe.

Dear Epping Forest District Council,

Thank you but still missing the email from the Senior Business Support
Officer to the planning inspector on 06/12/22 explaining that councillor
Jeffcoate would be speaking.

Yours faithfully,

Julie Smith

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Julie Georgina Smith

Dear Freedom of Information,

Thank you, the three files 0.jpg, image000.png and untitled attachment 00002.jpg all only show a council logo on a blank page. Please can you republish

Yours sincerely,

Julie Smith

Beau Klusko, Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Ms Smith,

Thank you for your email & for bringing to my attention that the files
were corrupt.

Please find attached Mimecast Large Files send with an access timeframe of
x 14 days.

Kind regards

Beau Klusko

Freedom of Information Officer

From: Julie Georgina Smith <[FOI #1023628 email]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:49 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request – Response Letter

CAUTION: This Message originated outside of Epping Forest District
Council. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the
sender and know the content is safe.

Dear Freedom of Information,

Thank you, the three files 0.jpg, image000.png and untitled attachment
00002.jpg all only show a council logo on a blank page. Please can you
republish

Yours sincerely,

Julie Smith

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Julie Georgina Smith

Dear Beau Klusko,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3071

the link needs an access code, please can you publish it

Yours sincerely,

J Smith