Kenley Intensification Zone Transport Study (Final Report) February 2020 - COSTINGS
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Table 8-1 (p.67) of the above Study lists the proposed ' ...transport infrastructure or improvements' thought to be required to '...sustainably accommodate the
anticipated growth taking place in the ‘Kenley Area of Focused Intensification’ or ‘Focused Intensification Zone’. No costs are provided.
+++ Please provide copies of any information regarding the subsequent COSTING of the individual proposals listed and of any reports etc that provide an update as to their implementation, including how they are funded.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
By law, the authority should normally have responded promptly and by 9 November 2022 at the latest.
Please provide all the information requested, without further undue delay.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I have now submitted a complaint to the ICO about the authority's handling of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
ICO Ref : IC-202552-M6S5
Just in case it didn't arrive for some reason, please note that today (13 December 2022), the Information Commissioner issued a Decision Notice that includes the following:
1. The complainant requested information from the London Borough of Croydon (“the Borough”) in relation to Kenley Intensification Zone Transport Study. By the date of this notice the Borough had failed to provide a substantive response to this request.
2. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Borough failed to respond to the complainant’s request within 20 working days of receipt and has therefore breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR.
3. The Commissioner requires the Borough to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
• Respond to the complainant’s request in accordance with the EIR.
4. The Borough must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I have been informed this morning, that the Council has provided the Information Commissioner with a copy of the Council's response to THIS request for information.
Would you please now send that response to THIS ADDRESS, so that it can finally be seen by the world at large.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA
Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]
Dear ***** *****
Request FOI/6436
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. Please accept our apologies for the delay in
responding to you. Specifically, you have requested the following
information:
“Kenley Intensification Zone Transport Study (Final Report) February 2020
– COSTINGS
Table 8-1 (p.67) of the above Study lists the proposed ' ...transport
infrastructure or improvements' thought to be required to '...sustainably
accommodate the anticipated growth taking place in the ‘Kenley Area of
Focused Intensification’ or ‘Focused Intensification Zone’. No costs are
provided.
Please provide copies of any information regarding the subsequent COSTING
of the individual proposals listed and of any reports etc that provide an
update as to their implementation, including how they are funded”.
Please see the attached documents which include costings and estimates of
individual proposals that are set out within the Kenley Transport Study.
Some information has been redacted as it held information relating to
individuals. Personal data is exempt from disclosure under Regulations
12(3) and 13 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
It is important to remember that when information is released under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, it is considered released to
the wider public. Any such disclosure of personal information would not be
compliant with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations
2018.
The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
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anonymised appropriately)
To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
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this response. You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint
by:
Email: [2][Croydon Borough Council request email]
Writing: Information Team
London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
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Croydon CR0 1EA
Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
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If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
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Cheshire SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Croydon Council
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Dear Mr Whiteside
Our response was sent to this address on 10 March 2023 at 12.22. We have just re-sent this again and have also attached here.
Can you please confirm receipt.
Kind regards
Information Team
Croydon Council
Dear FOI,
I have received TWO copies of your response today. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Whiteside
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Kenley Intensification Zone Transport Study (Final Report) February 2020 - COSTINGS'.
I requested any costings of THE individual proposals listed in Table 8.1 of the Kenley Transport Study (Feb 2020) ("the Study"), that were produced SUBSEQUENT to the Study.
The 'Kenley Transport & Highways Improvements' Powerpoint presentation provided, is undated. (page 6 suggests 2019). The 'Kenley Transport Schemes Delivery Priority Matrix.xlsx.pdf' ("the Matrix") is also undated. I also note that few, if any of the INDIVIDUAL proposals (from the Study) are listed and that many of those that are, are NOT from Table 8.1 of the Study.
+++ Please confirm the date the above information was first produced.
The only RELEVANT information provided (i.e. regarding SUBSEQUENT costings), is contained within the 'Kenley Intensification Zone-Feasibility Study (January 2022)'. Even here, none of the INDIVIDUAL proposals are costed, with 14 of those 21 proposals apparently being combined into the following 5 schemes:
- Station Road
- Hayes Lane (North)
- Hayes Lane (Narrow section)
- Kenley Lane (North)
- Kenley Lane (Narrow section)
The Feasibility Study (p.30) gives a total cost estimate of £880,000 to £1,120,00.
+++ Please confirm that this is the only RELEVANT costing available.
The following proposals from Table 8.1 of the Study are NOT included in the 2022 feasibility/costings exercise:
- Introduce junction control at Godstone Road/Hayes Lane junction
- Zebra crossing on Godstone Road
- Raised tables on Godstone Road
- Extend traffic calming along Park Road
- Improvements to cycle parking on Kenley Lane
- Consider bus route provision along Abbots Lane
- New pedestrian footbridge over railway line
+++ Please confirm that these (seven) proposals have not yet been (subsequently) costed.
+++ If they are not to be pursued at this stage, please provide details of when that decision was taken.
I also asked for copies of any reports etc that provide an update as to the implementation of the individual proposals, including how they are funded. I note that works have commenced on some parts of the now-combined proposals.
+++ Please provide copies of any report(s) etc regarding the final design(s) and costing(s) for those works and any other information (if separate) that identifies the funding source(s).
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/k...
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Whiteside
Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA
Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]
Dear Stephen Whiteside
Acknowledgement: Internal Review in relation to request FOI/6436
Thank you for your email, which was received on 20/03/2023.
As a result of your complaint we will be carrying out an internal review.
An officer, not involved in the original decision, will reconsider your
request for information and notify you of their decision..
If you have any queries regarding this matter please do not hesitate to
contact us.
Kind regards,
Information Compliance Team
Dear Mr Whiteside,
Further to your email dated 20 March 2023, in which you requested an
Internal Review of the Council’s response to your request for information,
I have now concluded this review and I am able to reply as follows.
In your request for Internal Review, you asked the Council to reconsider
your request as had not been provided with the information requested.
In your request for information dated 12 October 2022, you requested the
following information:
“Kenley Intensification Zone Transport Study (Final Report) February 2020
– COSTINGS
Table 8-1 (p.67) of the above Study lists the proposed ' ...transport
infrastructure or improvements' thought to be required to '...sustainably
accommodate the anticipated growth taking place in the ‘Kenley Area of
Focused Intensification’ or ‘Focused Intensification Zone’. No costs are
provided.
Please provide copies of any information regarding the subsequent COSTING
of the individual proposals listed and of any reports etc that provide an
update as to their implementation, including how they are funded”.
The Council responded to you on the 14 March 2023 and provided a number of
documents which included costings and estimates of individual proposals
that are set out within the Kenley Transport Study.
In your request for an Internal Review dated 20 March 2023, you stated the
following:
“I requested any costings of THE individual proposals listed in Table 8.1
of the Kenley Transport Study (Feb 2020) ("the Study"), that were produced
SUBSEQUENT to the Study.
The 'Kenley Transport & Highways Improvements' PowerPoint presentation
provided, is undated. (Page 6 suggests 2019). The 'Kenley Transport
Schemes Delivery Priority Matrix.xlsx.pdf' ("the Matrix") is also undated.
I also note that few, if any of the INDIVIDUAL proposals (from the Study)
are listed and that many of those that are, are NOT from Table 8.1 of the
Study.
+++ Please confirm the date the above information was first produced. The
only RELEVANT information provided (i.e. regarding SUBSEQUENT costings),
is contained within the 'Kenley Intensification Zone-Feasibility Study
(January 2022)'. Even here, none of the INDIVIDUAL proposals are costed,
with 14 of those 21 proposals apparently being combined into the following
5 schemes:
- Station Road
- Hayes Lane (North)
- Hayes Lane (Narrow section)
- Kenley Lane (North)
- Kenley Lane (Narrow section)
The Feasibility Study (p.30) gives a total cost estimate of £880,000 to
£1,120,00.
+++ Please confirm that this is the only RELEVANT costing available.
The following proposals from Table 8.1 of the Study are NOT included in
the 2022 feasibility/costings exercise:
- Introduce junction control at Godstone Road/Hayes Lane junction
- Zebra crossing on Godstone Road
- Raised tables on Godstone Road
- Extend traffic calming along Park Road
- Improvements to cycle parking on Kenley Lane
- Consider bus route provision along Abbots Lane
- New pedestrian footbridge over railway line
+++ Please confirm that these (seven) proposals have not yet been
(subsequently) costed.
+++ If they are not to be pursued at this stage, please provide details of
when that decision was taken.
I also asked for copies of any reports etc that provide an update as to
the implementation of the individual proposals, including how they are
funded. I note that works have commenced on some parts of the now-combined
proposals.
+++ Please provide copies of any report(s) etc regarding the final
design(s) and costing(s) for those works and any other information (if
separate) that identifies the funding source(s).”
On receiving your request for an Internal Review, I contacted the Head of
Spatial Planning, Growth Zone and Regeneration and Head of Strategic
Transport who have provided additional information in answer to the issues
raised in your Internal Review. Your request for an Internal Review has
been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations.
It is understood that the Kenley Transport Study and the Kenley Transport
& Highways Improvements presentation, provided to you, were both finalised
in February 2020. The costings detailed in those documents set out the
costings in respect of the estimated project costs that had been
identified at that time. The proposals from Table 8.1 were discussed with
Kenley Community Advisory Group (KCAG) on 17 May 2022. At this meeting the
various issues with the proposals including complexity to deliver was
discussed with the group. Revised draft proposals were presented to KCAG
on 17 May 2023; and no final costings have been agreed. A copy of these
proposals is attached.
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
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Howard Passman
020 8726 6000 ext. 27103
Resources Directorate
Legal Services Division
7th Floor Zone C
Bernard Weatherill House
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA
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