FOI - Empty publicly owned buildings

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Dear C.D. Johnson,
Thank you for your FOI request, this has now been logged and been given
reference number: 6229-9601-3698-7029
Thank you,
Information Governance, Complaints and Compliance Team

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From: C D Johnson <[FOI #989667 email]>
Sent: 12 June 2023 10:35
To: Data Protection <[St Helens Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI - Empty publicly owned
buildings
 
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Dear Sir or Madam,

Under Freedom of Information, I would be grateful if you could provide the
following information:

- How many empty, publicly owned buildings do you have in your local
authority area?
- Of these, how many have been empty for between five and nine years?  How
many have been empty for 10 or more years?

Many thanks,

C D Johnson

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Form Submission

Dear C.D. Johnson

Thank you for your enquiry regarding empty public buildings. 

Unfortunately, your request has been deemed too vague in nature, i.e. what
is classed as empty? and which categories of buildings i.e. shops,
commercial units, office space, leisure premise, Libraries, changing
pavilions etc. (retail premises may just be a snap shot in time whilst
they are being marketed) to provide a meaningful response. Therefore we
would require a revised FOI which is more specific to the requirements. 

Yours sincerely, 

Neil 

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Hello C.D. Johnson,

Thank you for submitting your report to us and we can now advise that your
case has now been closed with the following outcome: No data disclosed

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the issue you have reported.

Action taken: Request to vague to respond to with meaningful data,
requested a more specific request is made.

You can still review the case details using the link below.

Reference: 6229-9601-3968-7029

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