Council building closures since 2010

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Dear Belfast City 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 since 2010. 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. Please note however I require the postcode besides the name of the buildings if possible:
Example 1 Lancashire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/4f28e56539.pdf
Example 2 Lincolnshire Council (excel file) https://d.pr/14FZr
Example 3 Oxfordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/fded63aff2.pdf
Example 4 Herefordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/17818cf345.pdf
Example 5 Suffolk Council (excel file) https://d.pr/117FU
Example 6 Milton Keynes Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/6c6384a655.pdf
Example 7 Dorset Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1dQAS
Example 8 St Helens Council (excel file) https://d.pr/cWXt
Example 9 Staffordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/7de57618e4.pdf
Example 10 Bedfordshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/c34d1c5e1f.pdf
Example 11 Gloucestershire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/28ea5b7391.pdf
Example 12 East Sussex Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1hJZK
Example 13 Rutland Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/c7cd375a16.pdf
Example 14 Powys Council (excel file) https://d.pr/1cO7c
Example 15 Kent Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/d38becbbd4.pdf
Example 16 Norfolk Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/e1028b6905.pdf
Example 17 Hertfordshire (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/87d2eb2242.pdf
Example 18 Telford and Wrekin (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/088336242d.pdf
Example 19 Surrey Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/3694ad78f3.pdf
Example 20 Wiltshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/66cf0059b2.pdf
Example 21 Bridgend Council (excel file) https://d.pr/160HZ
Example 22 Brent Council (excel file) https://d.pr/cNcv
Example 23 Warwickshire Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/b6c0ac9a2d.pdf
Example 24 Durham Council (pdf file) http://freepdfhosting.com/493c4eb3f6.pdf

Yours faithfully,

Lee Jefferson

Gerry Millar, Belfast City Council

Dear Mr Jefferson

In regard to your recent FOI on closures, Belfast City Council has not been forced to close any buildings providing services, due to government cuts. Belfast City Council is not funded in the same way as local government in GB nor does it provide a similar range of services hence the minimal impact of Government cuts.

Regards

Gerry Millar

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Dear Gerry Millar,

Thanks very much for the information - I appreciate it.

Yours sincerely,

Lee Jefferson