Costs associated with the management and movement of travelers/gypsies
Dear Fenland District Council,
Please provide details of all costs associated with enforcing planning control related to gypsy's and travelers over the last five years (by year).
Please further identify the time spent by staff (planning enforcement in particular) of the Council in dealing with gypsy/traveler related issues, and the value of any contracts let to third parties (including OJ references).
Please also identify all legal costs by year (including costs of solicitors and counsel) identifying if these are recharge costs within the Council.
It is anticipated that the Head of Planning should have no difficulty in identifying these costs.
If I could also have these in a tubular format, that would also be beneficial.
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Mackenzie
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Dear Mr Mackenzie
Thank you for your request for information received on 29^th May which has
been processed and the information is detailed below:
As we do not record how much time was spent on individual enforcement
cases and we have not made any claims for costs in any planning or
enforcement appeal we are unable to provide a response to the foi
request.
If you require any further information regarding your request, you should
contact the Member Services Officers at Fenland District Council or e-mail
[1][Fenland District Council request email] .
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
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Dear FOI Officer,
When you say we do not record how much time was spent on individual enforcement
cases and we have not made any claims for costs in any planning or
enforcement appeal.
Does that mean that no costs exist at all, or that there are costs but they are not recorded?
Yours sincerely,
Oliver Mackenzie
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Dear Oliver
Thank you for your request for information received on 03/06/2018 which
has been processed and the information is detailed below;
1. there have not been any successful claims in favour of or against the
Council
2. the council has incurred costs in dealing with cases but as we don't
record time against each case we cannot say what the cost of that time has
been
If you require any further information regarding your request, you should
contact the Member Services Officers at Fenland District Council or e-mail
[1][Fenland District Council request email] .
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
[Fenland District Council request email]
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Dear Fenland District Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Fenland District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Costs associated with the management and movement of travelers/gypsies'.
My previous request has not been answered fully.
In my FOI request I asked for "all costs associated with enforcing planning control related to gypsy's and travelers over the last five years (by year)", not just legal fees as my response has entailed.
Whilst legal fees may take a significant chunk of costs, they are by no means the only cost involved.
I am also sending this article for reference
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news...
I am struggling to believe how an area only nine years ago was named the traveler capital of the UK, now has zero costs involved in relocating travelers over the past five years, and that there is no public record of this.
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,
Oliver Mackenzie
I acknowledge your request for information received, which is being
investigated.
The Act allows the Council 20 working days to comply with your request.
During this time, the Council will assess the information to establish if
any exemptions apply. If it is felt that any information may be exempt
from disclosure, this will be given careful consideration and the Public
Interest Test will be applied if appropriate. If it is determined that
any material is exempt, you will be notified of which information is not
going to be released and the reasons why.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Freedom of
Information Officer at Fenland District Council, or email
[1][Fenland District Council request email]. It would help us to help you if you could quote
the Information Request No, quoted above, on any correspondence.
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
[Fenland District Council request email]
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intended to form a contract between the Council and the addressee or any third party.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent
those of the Council unless otherwise specifically stated.
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Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that,
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the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related legislation,
the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response to a request.
Data Protection Act 1998
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e-mail address. This information will be kept securely and only accessed by approved staff.
We will not share your information with anyone else without first telling you.
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Data Protection Officer.
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Dear Oliver
Thank you for your request for an internal review on 06/06/2018 which has
been processed and the response from the Head of Shared Planning is listed
below;
Fenland Council does not record how much officer time (and therefore
cost) is spent dealing with any type of enforcement case including
traveller cases. Therefore no cost information can be provided on this.
With regard to legal costs we are only able to provide costs incurred in
2017/18 and 2018 to date as it is only in these years that time against
cases has been recorded. In addition, since we last wrote to you, we
have received an invoice from a law firm acting on instruction from the
Council regarding a traveller case. This has been included in the
information below:
2017/18 - £1086 (internal legal cost)
2017/18 and 2018/19 to date - £5316 (external legal cost – please note
the work undertaken straddled two financial years)
If after this, you are still dissatisfied with this decision, you may
request the Information Commissioner to investigate. The contact details
are:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
WILMSLOW
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
[1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer
Fenland District Council
01354 654321
[Fenland District Council request email]
Fenland District Council Legal Disclaimer
E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.
It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and the addressee or any third party.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically stated.
Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by software viruses.
Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response to a request.
To provide you with our services we will need to record personal information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like more details about how we protect personal information then please contact our Data Protection Officer.
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