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Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations

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Dear Lewes District Council,

Please could you provide the following information on socially rented Traveller sites in your local authority area for the five full calendar years between 2017 and 2021. This includes all sites owned and managed by the local authority or by a housing association, but not private sites. For any 'yes' answers, please specify in your answer which site the answer refers to, e.g. 'Mary Street, Bradford', or 'Esholt Site, Bradford'.

For the purposes of this request, this is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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If you are unable to provide five years of information within the FOI/EIR cost limits, please prioritise 2021 and work backwards in reverse chronological order.

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.

1b. For any 'Yes' answers, please list how many complaints you received by type for each calendar year. For example: 2017 - Total: 18 - 8 complaints for vermin, 2 from odour from refuse dump, 1 for noise, 3 for insects, 1 for dust, 2 for air pollution, 1 for flooding etc

2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? Please respond with a 'Yes' or 'No' answer for each of the five years for air, soil and noise separately. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution - Yes; Soil - No; Air pollution - Yes.

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. For example: 2017 - Noise pollution exceeded legal or recommended levels in March; air pollution exceeded legal level.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby

foi, Lewes District Council

Thank you for your information request received today.

 

I am currently reviewing your request and investigating whether there is
any information available for disclosure.  The Council, in accordance with
Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’), will reply
to your request promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth
working day following the date of receipt. Subject Access Requests will be
responded to within one calendar month in line with the GDPR (General Data
Protection Regulation).

 

In accordance with section 8(1)(b) of the Act and related guidance from
the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Council reserves the right to
treat any request for information as invalid unless the requester supplies
their real name.  In such cases, the Council may request proof of
identity.

 

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council are data controllers
and need to collect your personal data in order to respond to your request
for information or subject access request. To read our full privacy notice
for Access to Information please visit: [1]Privacy Notice for Access to
Information

 

 

Please contact me again if you require any assistance with your request
and I will do my best to provide the relevant help and advice.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

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Dear Gareth Davies/Katherine Quarmby,

 

Re: Information Request: FOI 15971

 

Thank you for your information request dated 13 April 2022 received in
our office on the same day.

 

Please could you provide the following information on socially rented
Traveller sites in your local authority area for the five full calendar
years between 2017 and 2021. This includes all sites owned and managed by
the local authority or by a housing association, but not private sites.

 

Unfortunately, we require further information before we identify and
locate the information that you requested.

 

We have received a number of requests from the Gareth Davies email
address, via ‘Whatdotheyknow’, and each time they have been electronically
signed with a different name which suggests that, as there are multiple
names provided, they are pseudonymous and therefore are not valid under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which states that a genuine name must
be used.

 

I attach the guidance from the ICO for your convenience and would refer
you to points 13 and 14.

 

If you are able to provide one item of proof of identity then we will
proceed with your request.

 

In the meantime your request has been put on hold until I receive your
reply.  If I do not hear from you within 30 working days of the date of
this email I will assume that you no longer wish to proceed with your
information request, and will take no further action.

 

Please contact me again, quoting your reference number, if you require any
further assistance with your current request and I will do my best to
provide the relevant help and advice. 

 

 

Regards,

Kevin Rance
Information Governance Officer

Tel: +44(0)1273 471600

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Lewes and Eastbourne Legal Services acting on behalf of Lewes District
Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

 

Lewes District Council: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes BN7 1AB 
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Eastbourne Borough Council: 1 Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TW 
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Dear Lewes District Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Lewes District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations'.

This request is long overdue - please respond.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

foi, Lewes District Council

Thank you for your information request received today.

 

I am currently reviewing your request and investigating whether there is
any information available for disclosure.  The Council, in accordance with
Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’), will reply
to your request promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth
working day following the date of receipt. Subject Access Requests will be
responded to within one calendar month in line with the GDPR (General Data
Protection Regulation).

 

In accordance with section 8(1)(b) of the Act and related guidance from
the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Council reserves the right to
treat any request for information as invalid unless the requester supplies
their real name.  In such cases, the Council may request proof of
identity.

 

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council are data controllers
and need to collect your personal data in order to respond to your request
for information or subject access request. To read our full privacy notice
for Access to Information please visit: [1]Privacy Notice for Access to
Information

 

 

Please contact me again if you require any assistance with your request
and I will do my best to provide the relevant help and advice.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

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Dear Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

I confirm receipt of your review dated 18 July 2022, received in our office on the same day.

I am currently reviewing the initial response to your EFOI 15970 and FOI 15971 request and will respond to your review no later than the twentieth working day following the date of receipt.

Please contact me again, quoting your reference number, if you require any further assistance with your current request and I will do my best to provide the relevant help and advice.

Kind regards,

Rachael Page
Information Governance Manager – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Council
01273 471600
[email address]
www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

Dear Lewes District Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Lewes District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations'.

This request is long overdue - please respond.

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

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Dear Gareth Davies/Katharine Quarmby

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 18 July 2022, requesting an internal
review of the council’s handling of your FOI 15971.

 

I have reviewed your request and investigated whether there is any
information which can be disclosed to you:

 

Mr Rance requested that you provide identification due to the fact we have
received a number of requests from the Gareth Davies email address, via
Whatdotheyknow and each time they have been electronically signed with a
different name which suggests that, as there are multiple names provided,
they are pseudonymous and therefore are not valid under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 which states that a genuine name must be used.

 

You were asked to provide one item of proof of identity and then we would
proceed with your request, unfortunately no proof of identity was given so
the request did not progress.

 

If you would like the request to be processed please provide proof of
identification to the email address in the footer.

 

I have also attached the guidance from the ICO for your convenience and
would refer you to points 13 and 14.

 

I hope that the above further information is of assistance to you.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of my internal review, you may
appeal to The Information Commissioner at the following address: 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone:+44(0)1625 545 700 

 

Or you can contact them online via their website at the following
link [1][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Rachael Page

Information Governance Manager

 

Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Council

01273 471600

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[3]www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

 

 

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