Dear Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
South Oxfordshire District Council on 13 April 2022

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 16 May 2022

The reference number for this request is South 22/73

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 [1][email address]

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services

South Oxfordshire District Council

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Dear Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 13 April 2022

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 16 May 2022

The reference number for this request is Vale 22/73

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
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services

Vale of White Horse District Council

[2]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

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Dear Katharine Quarmby/Gareth Davies

Thank you for your requests for information under the Environmental
Information Regulations (2004), which were received by both South
Oxfordshire District Council (logged under 22/73 SOUTH) and Vale of White
Horse District Council (logged under 22/73 VALE).  Please note that the
two councils operate as a shared service hence this joint response.

Under Part 2 Regulation 5 of the Environmental Information Regulations
2004, you are entitled to information which is in the authority’s
possession or is held by another person on behalf of the authority unless
any exceptions apply (Part 3 Regulation 12). I have considered your
request and can confirm we do hold some of the information asked and I do
not believe any of the exceptions apply to your request. Please find below
the information you requested.

“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'.

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.

Please note: The county council have a Gypsy and Traveller Service who may
have received complaints directly. Therefore, you may wish to also submit
your request to Oxfordshire County Council. 

South Oxfordshire District Council

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021  
Middle Ground, Wheatley  No Yes  Yes No Yes
Ten Acre Park, Sandford-on-Thames  Yes No  Yes No  No
The Sturt, Oakley Wood, Benson No  No No No No

Vale of White Horse District Council

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021  
Redbridge Hollow, Hinksey Hill Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes
Woodhill Lane, East Challow  Yes Yes No No Yes

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

South Oxfordshire District Council

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021  
1 - Drain 1 – Fly 1 - Fly
Middle Ground, Wheatley  N/A / Blocked tipping N/A tipping
sewer
1 –
Ten Acre Park,  1 - N/A Bonfire N/A N/A
Sandford-on-Thames Bonfire
1  - Pests
The Sturt, Oakley Wood, N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Benson

Vale of White Horse District Council

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021  
1 – Bonfire
3 - Fly
3 – Fly tipping
Redbridge Hollow, 11 - Fly 2 - Fly 1 - Fly tipping
Hinksey Hill tipping tipping tipping 1 -
1 – Abandoned
Abandoned vehicle
vehicle
1 - Animal
Woodhill Lane,  1 - Noise welfare N/A N/A 1 - Animal
East Challow welfare
1 - Noise

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.

South Oxfordshire District Council

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
  Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil
Middle Ground,
Wheatley - 16 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
plots
Ten Acre Park,
Sandford-on-Thames No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
- 16 plots
The Sturt, Oakley
Wood, Benson - 5 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
plots

Vale of White Horse District Council

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
  Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil Air Noise Soil
Redbridge
Hollow,
Hinksey No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Hill - 24
plots
Woodhill
Lane,
East No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Challow -
12 plots
The
Furlong,
Downs
road, No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Standlake
- 16
plots

Please note: As owners of the sites, the county council may have
commissioned their own pollution and contamination studies. Therefore, you
may wish to submit your request to Oxfordshire County Council. 

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.

South Oxfordshire District Council – N/A

Vale of White Horse District Council – N/A

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response.  If you are not
satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your request, under
Regulation 11, you may make a request for an internal review within 40
working days of receiving this response by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email].  If you remain
dissatisfied after following that procedure, you have the right to
complain to the Information Commissioner. You can contact the Commissioner
at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF (telephone
number: 01625 545745). You can also find further information at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.

Regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

[4]http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/

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