Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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[Croydon Borough Council request email]

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DEAR Michael Erhardt

Freedom of information request - FOI/7043

Subject: FOI: Accessible Housing Statistics

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Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

Dear Michael Erhardt

Request FOI/7043

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please accept our apologies for the lengthy delay in
responding to you. Specifically, you have requested the following
information:

As of the year ending 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022, please
provide the following information concerning all relevant properties
managed by the council, housing associations or within the private rented
sector.

To the best of your ability:

•Provide a separate breakdown for M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2, and M4
Category 3 •Ensure that your figures add up and that totals are provided
where needed •Provide this data in an Excel (.xls) file •Provide a
reference number for further correspondence

1a. How many accessible M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2 and M4 Category 3
homes were within your local authority boundary? Please separate each
category, if possible.
1b. What was the tenure type of those homes?

•Social rented
•Private rented
•Temporary accommodation, or
•Owner occupied.

1c. Of those, how many were occupied vs unoccupied? Please separate M4
Category 1, M4 Category 2 and M4 Category 3, and per tenure type, if
possible.
1d. Of those, were any properties unavailable for any reason(s)? If yes,
how many and why? Please separate M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2 and M4
Category 3, and per tenure type, if possible.

2a. How many new accessible M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2, and M4 Category
3 properties have been marketed for sale for owner occupation? Please
separate each category, if possible.
2b. How many new accessible M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2, and M4 Category
3 properties have been added to the applicable waiting list for social or
council housing? Please separate each category, if possible.
2c. How many M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2, and M4 Category 3 properties
have been completed (net new-build homes completions) within your local
authority boundary? Please separate each category, if possible.

3a. How many people were waiting on registers or waiting lists for
accessible M4 Category 1, M4 Category 2 and M4 Category 3 homes within
your local authority boundary? Please separate each category, if possible.
3b. Please provide a demographic breakdown of those people to the best of
your ability and without triggering a Section 40 exemption.

For the total number of people waiting at the end of each calendar year,
can you provide an:

i. Age breakdown
ii. Gender identity
iii. Sexual identity
iv. Ethnic identity
v. Nationality
vi. Breakdown of impairment/disability

4. Please provide the average (mean and median) calendar days people were
waiting on registers or waiting lists for these accessible M4 Category 1,
M4 Category 2 and M4 Category 3 homes.

Croydon’s housing services do not hold this level of data for our social
housing stock this would also not be held for Housing Association and
private rented properties by the council.

When planning permission is granted, we will apply a condition to some
full planning applications requiring certain properties to be built to
meet M4(2) and M4(3) standards. It is not possible to run a report on
this, however all planning permissions are on the planning portal system
which can be viewed see if such a condition was attached. Details are
attached with the link and how to search.

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review. 
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response. 
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [Croydon Borough Council request email]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
3^rd Floor - Zone E
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

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

Yours sincerely 

Croydon Council

References

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1. https://croydon.disclosure-log.co.uk/