Council assets

The request was successful.

To the information officer,

I am emailing to request the following information from the council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

Note: This request does not relate to social housing stock

1) A list of building, land and heritage assets disposed of (i.e. the council no longer owned the asset) by the council between 2014/2015 and the date on which you received this request, including:

- Name of the asset
- What type of asset is it - building, land or heritage?
- Address (if applicable)
- Postcode (if applicable)
- UPRN (if possible)
- The date it was disposed of
- The type of disposal (for example sale, community asset transfer, etc)
- The valuation of the asset at the point it was classified as an asset held for sale (both lower amount and fair value less, if possible)
- How much it was sold for? (if applicable)
- Who it was sold to?
- How it was disposed of (open market, auction, etc)

2) A list of building, land and heritage assets acquired by the council between 2014/2015 and the date on which you received this request, including:

- Name of the asset
- What type of asset is it - building, land or heritage?
- Address
- Postcode
- UPRN (if possible)
- The date it was acquired
- Who was it acquired from?
- How much did it cost?
- Is it now classed as an investment property?

3) How many land, building and heritage assets did the council have as of
a) the beginning of 2014/15
b) the date on which you received this request

I would like to receive this information electronically a spreadsheet, with the points above as the column headers.

If the decision is made to withhold some of this information using exemptions in the Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.

Please note the questions:
Who it was sold to?
Who was it acquired from?

In response to test FOIs some local authorities declined to release this information relating to these questions, arguing it was exempt under Section 40 - Personal information.

The definition of personal data referred to in the FOIA is that used by the Data Protection Act. This states that, for data to constitute personal data, “it must relate to a living individual, and that individual must be identifiable”. As a result, unless the response relates to a person (or a sole trader) it cannot be exempt under Section 40.

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Thank you for your time,

Gareth

Dear Northamptonshire County Council,

I recently sent a foi request entitled Council Assets. Please disregard Q1 as it repeats a previous request. I would still like Q2 and Q3 to be answered.

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Davies

Freedom of Information,

1 Attachment

Dear Mr Davies

Freedom of Information Request: FR8467

I am writing to acknowledge your request for information dated 31/07/2018
detailed below which was received by us on 31/07/2018.

Our team is dealing with your request and we will be in contact with you
soon. If you have any queries about this email, please contact me quoting
the reference FR8467 in any future communications.

I have received your subsequent e-mail asking us to disregard Q1 as this
question repeats a previous request made.

You should expect a further response within 20 working days.

Kind regards

Diana Ingman

Senior Information Officer

Freedom of Information/Data Protection Team

Business Intelligence and Project Management

Northamptonshire County Council

1 Angel Square

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

Tel:01604 366653/368360

[mobile number]

Fax: 01604 237004

[email address]

[email address]

**Monday is a non working day**

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Freedom of Information,

2 Attachments

Good morning,

Please see attached response

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes

FOI / DP Admin

Northamptonshire County Council

Business Intelligence and Project Management

ONE Angel Square

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360

e: [1][email address]

     [2][email address]

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Thank you for your response to my FOI.

One further point of clarification - I couldn't spot the answers to the following questions:

3) How many land, building and heritage assets did the council have as of
a) the beginning of 2014/15
b) the date on which you received this request

Yours sincerely,

Gareth Davies

Freedom of Information,

Good afternoon Mr Davies,

Thank you for your e mail below.

We are making enquiries with the service area and will get back to you as
soon as possible

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes
FOI / DP Admin
Northamptonshire County Council
Business Intelligence and Project Management
ONE Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton
NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360
e: [email address]
     [email address]

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Freedom of Information,

Good afternoon Mr Davies,

Further to our e mail below, we are still waiting for a reply from the
service area and have chased them for a response.

We will be in touch as soon as a response is received

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes

FOI / DP Admin

Northamptonshire County Council

Business Intelligence and Project Management

ONE Angel Square

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360

e: [1][email address]

     [2][email address]

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 23 August 2018 15:20
To: '[FOI #504271 email]' <[FOI #504271 email]>
Cc: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: FW: [UNCLASSIFIED] FR8467 - Reply letter

Good afternoon Mr Davies,

Thank you for your e mail below.

We are making enquiries with the service area and will get back to you as
soon as possible

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes
FOI / DP Admin
Northamptonshire County Council
Business Intelligence and Project Management
ONE Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton
NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360
e: [3][email address]
     [4][email address]

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Freedom of Information,

Good morning Mr Davies,

Please accept our apologies for the length of time it has taken to provide
the information.

The response is as follows

With regards to the latter points (Q3), I would comment as follows:-

Assets During 2014 / 2015 Year 501 assets

Assets Current 379 assets

The information has been taken from the Fixed Asset Register

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes

FOI / DP Admin

Northamptonshire County Council

Business Intelligence and Project Management

ONE Angel Square

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360

e: [1][email address]

     [2][email address]

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 12 September 2018 15:16
To: '[FOI #504271 email]' <[FOI #504271 email]>
Cc: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: FW: [UNCLASSIFIED] FR8467 - Reply letter

Good afternoon Mr Davies,

Further to our e mail below, we are still waiting for a reply from the
service area and have chased them for a response.

We will be in touch as soon as a response is received

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes

FOI / DP Admin

Northamptonshire County Council

Business Intelligence and Project Management

ONE Angel Square

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360

e: [3][email address]

     [4][email address]

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 23 August 2018 15:20
To: '[FOI #504271 email]' <[5][FOI #504271 email]>
Cc: Freedom of Information <[6][email address]>
Subject: FW: [UNCLASSIFIED] FR8467 - Reply letter

Good afternoon Mr Davies,

Thank you for your e mail below.

We are making enquiries with the service area and will get back to you as
soon as possible

Kind regards

Tracey Gilkes
FOI / DP Admin
Northamptonshire County Council
Business Intelligence and Project Management
ONE Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton
NN1 1ED

t : 01604 368360
e: [7][email address]
     [8][email address]

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