Dear Paul Davenport,

Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs)- Information Request

Thank you for your request for information about:

Information Re: Planning Development Pre-application At Fontygary Fields
(SINC 351), Rhoose

Your request was received on 30/04/2024 and is being handled under the
terms of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Your query has
been given the reference 00206964

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Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

Legal Services

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

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Dear Paul Davenport

Thank you for your request for information regarding Planning Development Pre-application At Fontygary Fields (SINC 351), Rhoose, which we received on the 29th of April 2024.

Your request
Can you kindly provide me with all details for the above please along with the proposed plan which has been recently submitted to planning. The land is question is owned by Fontygary Leisure Parks Ltd and can be located on your maps as it is a Site Of Importance To Nature Conservation (SINC 351) and is the entire area boundaried by the caravan park to the west, Rhoose Int Station to the East, the railway line to the north and the beach to the south.

I also require any correspondence between planning, any other council department and the applicant regarding this application.

Our response
The Vale of Glamorgan Council has considered your request for information and unfortunately on this occasion cannot supply the information that you have requested. This is because the information that you have requested is relating to a pre-application made to the Council which we believe should not be disclosed under regulation 12(5)(d) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Regulation 12(5)(d) provides that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of the proceedings of that public authority, or any other public authority, where such confidentiality is provided by law.

We believe that the disclosure of the information requested would adversely affect the duty of confidentiality that attaches to these proceedings.

In addition, disclosure would have an adverse effect on the confidentiality of the pre-application process as it would damage the general principle of confidentiality itself and result in harm to the interest the exception is designed to protect. Disclosing the specific information requested in this case would discourage full engagement with the pre-application process for fear of the public dissemination of such information.

This exception is subject to the Public Interest Test and we have considered this as follows:

Factors in favour for disclosure:
- Transparency. Making it clear how local authorities deliver services, spend money and make decisions;
- Understanding as to what has been considered by the local planning authority in relation to a particular plot of land.

Factors against disclosure
- There is limited public interest in disclosing information which relates to an interest which is private in nature. Information about the pre-application planning enquiries for an individual property is a private interest and as such there is limited public interest in disclosing this information.
- It would be unfair to disclose information which the developer has provided to the Council with the expectation that the Council would protect the confidentiality of this information.

In accordance with Regulation 14(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 this letter acts as a refusal notice to provide the information requested.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
c/o The Monitoring Officer - [email address]
or by post to The Monitoring Officer, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
Second Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399
[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]

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