Council owned football pitches FOI request

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Jon Parker-Dean

Dear Vale of White Horse District Council,

Please can you help me out with the following FOI request:

How many council owned, public football pitches do you currently operate (latest figures available)

How many council owned, public football pitches were sold, or closed, from the financial year 2017/2018 to the present date?

Yours faithfully,

Jon Parker-Dean

FOI Vale, Vale of White Horse District Council

Dear Jon Parker-Dean

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by Vale of White Horse District Council on 20 July 2023.

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

The deadline for this will be 18 August 2023

The reference number for this request is Vale 23/361

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at [Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services
Vale of White Horse District Council
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FOI South,

Dear Jon Parker-Dean

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Council, logged under FOI  23/415 South and 23/361 Vale. Please note that
the two councils operate as a shared service hence this joint response.

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find below the
information you requested (where available):

 

How many council owned, public football pitches do you currently operate
(latest figures available):

 

Vale of White Horse District Council have two council owned public
football pitches.

South Oxfordshire District Council do not have any council owned public
football pitches.

 

How many council owned, public football pitches were sold, or closed, from
the financial year 2017/2018 to the present date?

 

Neither South Oxfordshire or Vale of White Horse District Councils have
sold or closed any football pitches from the financial year 2017/2018 to
present date.

 

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email] within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. If you remain
dissatisfied after following that procedure, you have the right to
complain to the Information Commissioner. You can contact the Commissioner
at [3]www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF or by telephone: 0303 123 1113. You can also find further
information at [4]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

 

Legal & Democratic Services

South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Council

 

Visit us at [5]southoxon.gov.uk and [6]whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

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