High carbon infrastructure planning

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Climate Emergency UK

Dear Bromsgrove District 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

foi BDC, Bromsgrove District Council

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Dear Hannah,

 

Thank you for your request for information. 

 

I am writing to inform you that the information you requested is not held
(re High carbon infrastructure planning), as Bromsgrove District Council
is not responsible for highways in the district, and so Section 12(4)(a) –
Not Held - of EIR regulations applies.

 

However it is possible that Worcestershire County Council may hold some or
all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:  
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Bromsgrove District & Redditch Borough Councils

 

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