Dear Requester

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 16/Jan/2023.  We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08527 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 14/Feb/2023.

Description of request:

1. 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.

2. 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.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received.  However, please be aware that some services may experience a
reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have been
diverted to support frontline services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases there may be a delay in issuing a
response. In the meantime, you may find some of the information you are
looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [1]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.

Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

www.eden.gov.uk

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Dear Hannah,

Freedom of Information Request Relating to Roads and Junctions

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which has been
logged under reference FOI: 08527.

Kindly note that as a district council we do not have responsibility for
highways and therefore hold no information.

Please [1]Go to Freedom of Information on Cumbria County Council’s
website to make your FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Eden District Council

FOI team

Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF

Tel: 01768 817817

E-mail: [2][Eden District Council request email]

[3]www.eden.gov.uk

From: foi
Sent: 19 January 2023 11:19
To: [FOI #938270 email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request relating to Roads and Junctions -
Reference FOI 08527

Dear Requester

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 16/Jan/2023.  We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08527 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [4][Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 14/Feb/2023.

Description of request:

1. 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.

2. 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.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received.  However, please be aware that some services may experience a
reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have been
diverted to support frontline services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases there may be a delay in issuing a
response. In the meantime, you may find some of the information you are
looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [5]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.

Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [6][Eden District Council request email]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

[7]www.eden.gov.uk

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Eden District Council

Information contained in this email is intended only for the individual to
whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential
information and if you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this
email in error please notify the sender immediately by telephone on 01768
817817. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer.

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