Council building closures in 2011

This request has been withdrawn by the person who made it. There may be an explanation in the correspondence below.

Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

Please kindly provide a list of council-run buildings (including Libraries, Day Care Centres, Community Centres, Schools and Administrative bases) which your Council has had to close in 2011. Please provide the name of the buildings and the postcodes of the buildings.

Such closures would include those where people have to seek the same type of service from a different location* which already exists (or maybe there is no alternative available). * If there are any scenarios where a service provision is not closed but relocated across the road to another council building I don't require information on that.

I require the list to include buildings closed and disposed plus buildings that are re-let following service closures. If there is a scenario where the building is closed but still under council ownership then please include that in the list.

I'm only interested however in the buildings in which you provided a service that you were forced to close due to Government cuts to your budget making it no longer financially viable for you to keep such buildings open.

The reason why I require this information is to get a picture of the effect of any Government cuts to council budgets which in turn is forcing councils to find ways to make savings.

In order to assist the request here is the relevant information from other councils (only their information spans from 2010 to present day in a single request). Please note I require the postcode besides the name of the buildings if possible:

Example 1 Lancashire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/4f28e56539.pdf 1,187 mi²
Example 2 Lincolnshire Council (excel file) https://d.pr/14FZr 2,646 mi²
Example 3 Oxfordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/fded63aff2.pdf 1,006 mi²
Example 4 Herefordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/17818cf345.pdf 842 mi²
Example 5 Suffolk Council (excel file) https://d.pr/117FU 429 mi²
Example 6 Milton Keynes Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/6c6384a655.pdf 34.36 mi²
Example 7 Dorset Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1dQAS 1,024 mi²
Example 8 St Helens Council (excel file) https://d.pr/cWXt 5.3 mi²
Example 9 Staffordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/7de57618e4.pdf 1,047 mi²
Example 10 Bedfordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/c34d1c5e1f.pdf 477 mi²
Example 11 Gloucestershire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/28ea5b7391.pdf 1,216 mi²
Example 12 East Sussex Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1hJZK
Example 13 Rutland Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/c7cd375a16.pdf 147.5 mi²
Example 14 Powys Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1cO7c 2,000 mi²
Example 15 Kent Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/d38becbbd4.pdf 1,442 mi²
Example 16 Norfolk Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/e1028b6905.pdf 95.98 mi²
Example 17 Hertfordshire (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/87d2eb2242.pdf 634 mi²
Example 18 Telford and Wrekin (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/088336242d.pdf 112.1 mi²
Example 19 Surrey Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/3694ad78f3.pdf 642 mi²
Example 20 Wiltshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/66cf0059b2.pdf 1,346 mi²
Example 21 Bridgend Council (excel file) https://d.pr/160HZ 2.51 mi²
Example 22 Brent Council (excel file) https://d.pr/cNcv 16.7 mi²
Example 23 Warwickshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/b6c0ac9a2d.pdf 763 mi²
Example 24 Durham Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/493c4eb3f6.pdf 108.3 mi²
Example 25 Buckinghamshire Council (pdf file) https://d.pr/1bcVb 724 mi²
Example 26 Ards and North Down Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/955d2f1285.pdf 228 mi²
Example 27 Derry City and Strabane Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/b3c38fda87.pdf
Example 28 Causeway Coast and Glens Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/dc3dd3be9e.pdf
Example 29 Merton Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/fc6e673dd7.pdf 14.52 mi²
Example 30 Bury Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/28d961a136.pdf 493 mi²
Example 31 Aberdeenshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/a2f2d17b10.pdf 2,437 mi²
Example 32 Sefton Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/cf55238424.pdf
Example 33 Caerphilly Council (excel file) https://d.pr/dJtM 3.734 mi²
Example 34 City of York Council (excel file) https://d.pr/AsSe
Example 34 Solihull Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/55a0f3f3eb.pdf 68.84 mi²
Example 35 Trafford Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/0f39f385d8.pdf 40.94 mi²
Example 36 East Riding of Yorkshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/f704ebcfac.pdf 930 mi²
Example 37 Sheffield Council (excel file) https://d.pr/w39T 142.1 mi²
Example 38 Selby Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/56c18de9ab.pdf 370 mi²
Example 39 Denbighshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/91edf3c8f2.pdf 325.9 mi²
Example 40 Cheshire West and Chester Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/5471f29fb5.pdf

Yours faithfully,

Lee Jefferson

Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

Please note this request is withdrawn because it's unfair to charge the taxpayer for 6 requests when it can be done in one request. I know this because of the sheer number of councils who have complied. Not a single council has sited 12 1(1) too costly except for Tower Hamlets. In response I site section 46 and duty under the Public Records Act. http://freepdfhosting.com/be493647c4.pdf

Please kindly concentrate on this request instead:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Yours sincerely,

Lee Jefferson