High carbon infrastructure planning

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Climate Emergency UK
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Dear Wyre Borough Council,

Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.

I would like information about your council’s planning in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information is most likely to be held by a planning officer or similar.

In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:

a. Has the Council approved any new*1 or expanded*2 roads or road junctions in its area from 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.
*1 The intention of this question is to understand overall increases in road capacity, rather than recent housing developments. Please exclude minor roads built exclusively to connect new housing to the pre-existing road network.
*2 An expanded road or road junction is one that has increased capacity for motor vehicle traffic, not counting bus lanes, cycle infrastructure, or pedestrian infrastructure. Please include roads and junctions where new lanes have been added.

b. Has the council approved any new or expanded airport runways, terminals, measures to increase passenger numbers or other planning proposals that expand airport capacity in its area since 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK

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Wyre Council,

[1]Wyre Council
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Wyre Council

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[1]Wyre Council
Thank you for your request.

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the
information you requested is not held by this Council.

Lancashire County Council may hold the information you are seeking.  If you have not already done so, then you can
contact them at [2][email address] or visit their website
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If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal
review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and
should be addressed to: Legal Services, Wyre Borough Council, Civic Centre, Breck Road, Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, FY6
7PU.

Please remember to quote reference number FOI000676 in any future communications.

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Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

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Catherine Greener

Legal Executive

For Legal Services

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