Environmental information relating to any concerns raised about the location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations
Dear Tendring 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
Thank you for your request for information. I can confirm that your
enquiry is receiving attention.
In accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Information
Regulations Act 2004 you should receive a comprehensive reply to your
request within 20 working days from receipt of your enquiry.
The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[1]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus
In certain circumstances, a fee may be payable for determining, locating,
retrieving and extracting information and/or the cost for disbursements
such as photocopying and postage. If this applies, a Fees Notice will be
issued to you with details of any costs involved in advance and you will
be required to pay this before I can proceed to deal with your request.
Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[2]www.ico.gov.uk
Kind regards,
Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager
Corporate Services
Tendring District Council
Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [3][Tendring District Council request email]
[4]www.tendringdc.gov.uk
Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE
Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your request for information regarding Traveller sites,
which was received on 14/04/22.
Please be advised that there are no socially rented sites in Tendring.
There are unauthorised encampments, which the Council does receive
complaints about, however they are not socially run sites.
I hope this information is of assistance to you.
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post a request for an internal review to Mrs L Trembath, Corporate
Services, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 1SE. The
review will be conducted in accordance with the Council’s internal review
procedure. Further details of this procedure can be obtained from all
Council offices or from our website ([2]www.tendringdc.gov.uk). You will
be notified of the outcome of the review as soon as possible and in any
event within 20 working days from receipt of your representations.
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If you should still remain dissatisfied following the outcome of the
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writing to:
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113, [3]www.ico.gov.uk.
The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[4]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus
Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[5]www.ico.gov.uk .
Kind regards,
Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager
Corporate Services
Tendring District Council
Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [6][Tendring District Council request email]
[7]www.tendringdc.gov.uk
Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE
From: Charlene Haynes On Behalf Of Corporate Information Manager
Sent: 13 April 2022 16:46
To: 'Gareth Davies' <[FOI #854703 email]>
Subject: EIR Acknowledgment [ref: #2022-227] - concerns raised about the
location of Traveller sites in hazardous or polluted locations
Thank you for your request for information. I can confirm that your
enquiry is receiving attention.
In accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Information
Regulations Act 2004 you should receive a comprehensive reply to your
request within 20 working days from receipt of your enquiry.
The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[8]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus
In certain circumstances, a fee may be payable for determining, locating,
retrieving and extracting information and/or the cost for disbursements
such as photocopying and postage. If this applies, a Fees Notice will be
issued to you with details of any costs involved in advance and you will
be required to pay this before I can proceed to deal with your request.
Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[9]www.ico.gov.uk
Kind regards,
Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager
Corporate Services
Tendring District Council
Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [10][Tendring District Council request email]
[11]www.tendringdc.gov.uk
Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE
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