HMO Licensing

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Dear Southwark Borough Council,

I would be grateful if you would supply :

Please can you provide me with the following information under the
Freedom Of Information
Act :-

a) addresses of all Registered Residential HMO properties that are
within your councils area;
b) the maximum number of occupants that each property referred to
in (a) is licensed to hold
c) the last actual registered number of occupants that each
property referred to in (a) holds
d) the date each of the properties in (a) was first registered as
HMO
e) the names of the owners/licence holders of those properties
referred to in (a) and the correspondence address OR the registered
"licence holder address" of the owners referred to

Yours faithfully,

John Radcliffe

Community Safety Enforcement, Southwark Borough Council

Southwark Council - Information request

Our reference: 552292

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Dear Mr Radcliffe

Re: Your request for information: 552292

Thank you for your request for information that was received on 17 August
2015 in which you requested:

Please can you provide me with the following information under the Freedom
Of Information Act :-

a) addresses of all Registered Residential HMO properties that are within
your councils area;
b) the maximum number of occupants that each property referred to in (a)
is licensed to hold
c) the last actual registered number of occupants that each property
referred to in (a) holds
d) the date each of the properties in (a) was first registered as HMO
e) the names of the owners/licence holders of those properties referred to
in (a) and the correspondence address OR the registered "licence holder
address" of the owners referred to

Your request is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and you will receive a response within 20 working days of the date that we
received your request.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines a number of exemptions that
may restrict the release of the requested information. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemptions categories apply then the
information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case,
including your rights of appeal.

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may appeal (if appropriate).

 

Further information is available through the Information Commissioner at
the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire. SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Internet: [1]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

 

John Page
Quality Manager
[email address]

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Shareen Henry, Southwark Borough Council

Southwark Council - Information request

Our reference: 554409

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Dear Mr Radcliffe

Re: Your request for information: 554409

Thank you for your request for information that was received on 24 August
2015 in which you requested:

Please can you provide me with the following information under the Freedom
Of Information Act 2000:-

(a) addresses of empty residential properties that are within the borough

(b) the names of the owners of those properties referred to in

If the council can only release information on "non-individually owned
property" I would like that.

If the council will not release this information, I would like the names
of all "non individuals" (business, charities, trusts etc), but excluding
housing associations and the council, that own long term empty property in
the borough, without addresses.

Your request is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and you will receive a response within 20 working days of the date that we
received your request.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines a number of exemptions that
may restrict the release of the requested information. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemptions categories apply then the
information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case,
including your rights of appeal.

The information provided will be in English, normal font size. If you
require alternative formats, e.g. other language, audio, large print, etc.
please notify us.

If we are unable to provide you with the information requested we will
notify you of this together with the reason(s) why and details of how you
may appeal (if appropriate).

 

Further information is available through the Information Commissioner at
the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire. SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Internet: [1]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

 

Shareen Henry
Assistant Corporate Freedom of Information Officer
[email address]

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Page, John, Southwark Borough Council

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Southwark Council - Information request

Our reference: 552292

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Dear Mr Radcliffe,

Re: Your request for information: 552292

I am writing further to your request for information dated 17 August 2015
to advise you that we have now completed our search for the information
you requested.

 

You requested: Please can you provide me with the following information
under the Freedom Of Information Act :-

a) addresses of all Registered Residential HMO properties that are within
your councils area;
b) the maximum number of occupants that each property referred to in (a)
is licensed to hold
c) the last actual registered number of occupants that each property
referred to in (a) holds
d) the date each of the properties in (a) was first registered as HMO
e) the names of the owners/licence holders of those properties referred to
in (a) and the correspondence address OR the registered "licence holder
address" of the owners referred to

[For each qualified exemption applicable, provide explanation of why the /
each exemption applies to the information sought, and an explanation of
why the balance of the Public Interest favours non-disclosure]

You will need to explain why a.) any of the information requested falls
into the terms of any absolute exemption (stating why unless this is not
already apparent) before b.) explaining which qualified exemptions apply
to the information and why the balance of the public interest test
determines that the information is exempt from release.

[NB. You are not obliged to explain why an exemption applies if this is
already apparent. Further, you are not obliged to explain why an exemption
applies or why the balance of the public interest favours non-disclosure
if to do so would involve the disclosure of exempt information (section
17(4)]

The information you have requested is below and attached in Appendix 1

Question Answers
a) addresses of all Registered See attached Appendix 1
Residential HMO properties that are
within your councils area; Column S to X
b) the maximum number of occupants See attached Appendix 1
that each property referred to in (a)
is licensed to hold Column O to P
c) the last actual registered number The Council does not record this
of occupants that each property information. When we are licensing
referred to in (a) holds a property we are only calculating
the maximum number of occupiers not
the actual.
d) the date each of the properties in See attached Appendix 1
(a) was first registered as HMO
Column AB
e) the names of the owners/licence See attached Appendix 1
holders of those properties referred
to in (a) and the correspondence Column C to L
address OR the registered "licence
holder address" of the owners referred
to

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exhausted our internal appeal procedure and you should contact him within
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Further information is available through the Information Commissioner at
the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire. SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Internet: [4]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

 

John Page
Quality Manager
[5][email address]

 

 

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Shareen Henry, Southwark Borough Council

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Our reference: 554409

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Dear Mr Radcliffe

Please see the attached clarification letter.

Yours sincerely

 

Shareen Henry
Assistant Corporate Freedom of Information Officer
[email address]

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