David Windham
Network Rail
By Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Freedom of Information
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
T 01908 782405
E xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
27 December 2019
Dear Mr Windham
Information request
Reference number: FOI2019/01403
Thank you for your email of 27th November 2019, in which you requested the following
information:
This is essentially a repeat of part of FOI2019/00559 which I requested in June 2019 and
to which you confirmed you had received no such communication(s). In light of the
passage of time since then, and given that I have good reason to believe some discussions
about this proposed footpath have now taken place since, I am repeating this part of my
EIR request.
Therefore please send me all communications, documents, minutes and any response(s)
between yourselves and the Proposers (Alan Firmin Ltd), or their agent (DHA Planning Ltd
or "DHA Transport"), in regards to potentially constructing a new footpath adjacent to
Highfield House, Maidstone Road, Marden, Kent, which abuts the mainline railway and
railway bridge on Maidstone Road, owned by Network Rail, as confirmed in
FOI2019/00455.
Please send any such correspondence on this from 1st June 2019 to the present date.
I have processed your request under the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR) as the information requested is environmental according to the definition
in regulation 2(c) of the EIR.
1
1 Please note section 39 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) exempts environmental
information from the FOIA, but requires us to consider it under the EIR). In this case since your
request refers to a measure affecting the environment, it is captured by the definition at regulation 2(c)
of the EIR.
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We have searched our records and I can confirm that we do not hold the information that
would address your request2
To explain further, there have been no discussions between Network Rail and DHA or Alan
Firmin Ltd regarding the construction of a new footpath adjacent to Highfield House.
I have also spoken to our Asset Protection Team and Route Asset Manager and have been
advised that they are not aware of any plans with regards to widening or improving the
Railway Bridge on Maidstone Road.
I am sorry that we cannot assist further with your enquiry, but I hope that the suggestion
provided to you is helpful. If you have any enquiries about this response, please contact
me in the first instance at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx or on 01908 782405. Details of your
appeal rights are below.
Please remember to quote the reference number at the top of this letter in all future
communications.
Yours sincerely
Emma Baker
Information Officer
Appeal Rights
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please write to the Head of Freedom of
Information at Network Rail, Freedom of Information, The Quadrant,
Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EN, or by emai
l at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Your request
must be submitted within 40 working days of receipt of this letter.
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
2 Strictly speaking, regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIRs requires that we carry out a public interest test to determine whether the requested
information should be disclosed. However, as is recognised by the Information Commissioner’s Office, it is obviously not possible to
conduct a public interest test on disclosure when the information that has been requested is not held.
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