Dear Jacob Paul,

Thank you for your information request, received on the 17 April 2024.

Reference 7672 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Kind regards,

Lucy Day

Performance & Improvement Assistant

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk

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2. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/

Dear Jacob Paul,

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 17/04/2024, case reference 7672.

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act.

The Act does not require the Council to create information to respond to a
request if the requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion
or comment.

Please find our response to your request below:

From the time period between 2021 and 2024 please provide the data for the
number of council flats and houses that were found to be illegally sublet
for each year - Nil

For each case, please provide a description as to what happened. i.e
outcome, prosecution, fines and please explain the platform or method used
to rent out the property e.g Airbnb or Zoopla and how it was discovered -
N.A

Please note that, Braintree District Council transferred its social
housing stock to Eastlight Community Homes in 2007, formally known as
Greenfields Community Housing.

Therefore, the Council holds no information in respect of the social
housing stock.

This information may be held by Eastlight Community Homes and I
respectfully refer you to the Freedom of Information Officer for Eastlight
Community Homes.

To send Eastlight Community Homes a FOI please view their website at the
following link:  

[1]https://www.eastlighthomes.co.uk/contact...

Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Legal and Governance Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [2][Braintree District Council request email]

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [3][email address]

Kind regards,

Lucy Day

Performance & Improvement Assistant

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

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3. mailto:[email address]