Landlord prosecutions
Dear Eden District Council,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to request the following information:
For the financial years 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, please provide:
– The number of landlords prosecuted by the council
– The number of complaints the council received about private rented properties
– The number of civil penalty notices issued against a landlord or letting agent as well as the total annual sum of the fines.
I would like to receive the information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
Yours faithfully,
Adam Bychawski
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Freedom of Information
Eden District Council
Town Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7QF
Email: [1][Eden District Council request email]
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Dear Requester
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 21/Sep/2021. We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 07753 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.
We aim to respond to your request no later than 20/Oct/2021.
Description of request:
For the financial years 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, please
provide:
– The number of landlords prosecuted by the council
– The number of complaints the council received about private rented
properties
– The number of civil penalty notices issued against a landlord or letting
agent as well as the total annual sum of the fines.
Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.
Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
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received. However, please be aware that some services may experience a
reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have been
diverted to support frontline services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases there may be a delay in issuing a
response. In the meantime, you may find some of the information you are
looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [1]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.
Yours faithfully
Eden District Council
FOI Team
Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]
Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF
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