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During this time, the Council will assess the information to establish if
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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

Freedom of Information Officer

01354 654321

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Dear Gareth,

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 13/04/22.
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

I can confirm that we hold this information. However, some of this this
information is exempt from disclosure under section 40 (personal
information) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). This is
because the information constitutes personal data of a third party as
defined in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and
disclosing it would breach one of the conditions established by section
40, in particular 40(3A). Due to the small size of our sites and the small
number of complaints made we feel that identifying the site which the
complaint was made against could indirectly enable the identification of
the individual the complaint was made against. Therefore we have provided
a list of sites and compiled the complaints data as a whole.  

We have 5 Sites which are:

• Newbridge Lane Travellers Site, Newbridge Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0SU,
• Sandbank Travellers Site, Sandbank, Wisbech St Mary, PE13 4XD
• Seadyke Travellers Site, Seadyke, Wisbech St Mary, PE13 4XF
• Turf Fen Travellers Site, Black Drove, Murrow, PE13 4JZ
• Fenland Way Travellers Site, Fenland Way, Chatteris, PE16 6RT

1a. Have you received any environmental complaints from residents or other
parties, including council officers, between 2017 and 2021? Please respond
with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years.

2017 - none

2018 - none

2019 - none

2020 - 1 complaint

2021 - none

1b. For any 'Yes' answers, please list how many complaints you received by
type for each calendar year.

2017 – none

2018 – none

2019 – none

2020 - 1 Domestic bonfire

2021 – none

2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise
pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? 2017-2021 – No

2b. For any 'Yes' answers, please state whether or not pollution or
contamination exceeded legal or recommended levels, or was higher than the
local authority area average on the site at any point through each year.
Please give as much detail as you can, such as the month the breach
occurred. N/A

If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request,
you may ask for an internal review. Please contact [1][email address]
who will arrange an internal review of your case. Under regulation 11(2),
you must contact us for a review no later than 40 working days after the
date of this email.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

WILMSLOW

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

If you have any queries about this email please contact
[3][email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.

Yours Sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

01354 654321

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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.

References

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2. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
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4. http://www.fenland.gov.uk/
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