Highway Closure Authority
Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,
Over the weekend of November 6th and 7th and extending into Monday 8th, free traffic flow has been disrupted on Marsh Wall E14, by the Consort Place construction site.
It would appear that a crane was lifting heavy steel components for the construction site.
The CEMP and TMP submitted and approved does not identify these works.
Please provide copies of all correspondence and the authority given for the road to be disrupted.
Yours faithfully,
Ralph Hardwick
Information request
Our reference: 32432381
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Dear Ralph Hardwick,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 9 November
2021 requesting:
Over the weekend of November 6th and 7th and extending into Monday 8th,
free traffic flow has been disrupted on Marsh Wall E14, by the Consort
Place construction site.
It would appear that a crane was lifting heavy steel components for the
construction site.
The CEMP and TMP submitted and approved does not identify these works.
Please provide copies of all correspondence and the authority given for
the road to be disrupted.
We are dealing with your request under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 and we aim to send a response by 7 December 2021.
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
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Yours faithfully
Shipa Begum
Complaints and Information Admin Officer
Complaints and Information
020 7364 4736
[email address]
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Dear Ralph Hardwick
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Tower Hamlets
Council and is attached to this email.
The information has also been put on the [1]Council's Disclosure Log,
where you can also search for information supplied on other topics.
The Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk contains a section on the
Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications readily available
from the Council under its Publication Scheme.
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the London Borough of Tower Hamlets can be found on our website.
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Town Hall
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5 Clove Crescent
E14 2BG
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If you are still dissatisfied with the Council's response after the
internal review you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner
at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
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Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
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Website: www.ico.gov.uk
Yours faithfully
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
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Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Tower Hamlets Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Highway Closure Authority'.
It appears that my FOI has not been adequately responded to.
The actions with regard to the disruption to the public highway along Marsh Wall relate to construction activity and NOT highway works.
I specifically refererenced that these construction works were not identified in the legally submitted CEMP and TMP for this construction site, which form part of the planning appliction, which requires developers to comply with the Tower Hamlets Code of Construction Practice.
A previous FOI reveals that Highways cannot overrule Planning decisions.
There is no reference to permission being granted by Planning for this construction to take place - which has resulted in the closure of the public highway. As pointed out, this operation was not identified in the submitted CEMP or TMP.
It would appear that Highways are not ensuring that the approved CEMP and TMP are complied with. Instead Highways are making unlawful decisions, to close Marsh Wall contrary to the pemitted and approved submissions to Planning. Planning decisions are generally transparent and in the public domain and can be objected to via the planning process ahead of planning approval.
I would like an unambiguous answer with regard to why Highways are not ensuring that the Code of Construction Practice and the approved and submitted CEMP and TMP are not complied with.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hi...
Yours faithfully,
Ralph Hardwick
Information request
Our reference: 32432381
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Dear Ralph Hardwick
Thank you for your request for a review received on 29 November 2021. I am
sorry that you are dissatisfied with our attempts to handle your request
under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
I can confirm that we are considering your concerns and we will aim to
provide you with a response by 4 January 2022.
Yours faithfully
Antoinette Davey
Senior Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Information Governance and Complaints
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Dear Mr Hardwick,
Please find attached the response to your request for a review of your FOI
request.
Thank you
Antoinette Davey
Senior Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Information Governance and Complaints
[email address]
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