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

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Dear Norfolk County 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

Freedom of Information, Norfolk County Council

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Dear Mr Davies,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Information Request ENQ-554298-Y2L3R3

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 13^th April 2022.

 

We have up to 20 working days in which to deal with your request.

 

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this, and the 20 working-day period will then start from the day that we
receive your clarification.

We will inform you in advance if there is a charge for supplying copies of
any information, and we will provide an explanation if any information
which we hold is not released to you.

 

If the requested information contains references to any third parties, we
may need to seek their views before we can decide whether or not to
release the information to you. In such cases we will not share your own
personal details with third parties.

 

Should you have any queries regarding your request, please contact the
team by email at [1][Norfolk County Council request email] or by telephone on 01603 222661.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Sarah Cooper, Information Governance Assistant

Information Compliance Team

Dept: 01603 222661

Bay 7-9, Ground Floor, County Hall, Norwich

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Freedom of Information, Norfolk County Council

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Dear Katharine Quarmby

 

Freedom of Information Request ENQ-554298-Y2L3R3

 

I refer to your request for information dated 13^th April 2022

 

You asked for:

 

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.

 

Our response:         No

 

 

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

 

Our response:         N/A

 

 

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.

 

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

 

Our response:         N/A

 

 

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Yours sincerely,

Lawrence Stringer, Information Compliance Officer

Strategy and Transformation

Dept: 01603 222661

County Hall

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From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 13 April 2022 13:18
To: Gareth Davies <[FOI #854588 email]>
Subject: ENQ-554298-Y2L3R3 Freedom of Information request - Environmental
information relating to any concerns raised about the location of
Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations

 

Dear Mr Davies,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Information Request ENQ-554298-Y2L3R3

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 13^th April 2022.

 

We have up to 20 working days in which to deal with your request.

 

If we require clarification of your request we will contact you to explain
this, and the 20 working-day period will then start from the day that we
receive your clarification.

We will inform you in advance if there is a charge for supplying copies of
any information, and we will provide an explanation if any information
which we hold is not released to you.

 

If the requested information contains references to any third parties, we
may need to seek their views before we can decide whether or not to
release the information to you. In such cases we will not share your own
personal details with third parties.

 

Should you have any queries regarding your request, please contact the
team by email at [11][Norfolk County Council request email] or by telephone on 01603 222661.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Sarah Cooper, Information Governance Assistant

Information Compliance Team

Dept: 01603 222661

Bay 7-9, Ground Floor, County Hall, Norwich

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