"Long term empty" and "uninhabitable empty properties"

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Dear Bournemouth Borough Council,
From: C Wheeler

9 February 2016

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you provide me with the following information under the
freedom Of Information Act 2000:-

(a) addresses of “long term empty” and “uninhabitable empty
properties” that are owned by individuals within Bournemouth;
and

(b) the number of Bedrooms for each the above Properties and

(c) the names of the owners of those properties referred to in (a)

“Individuals” means natural persons, or the beneficiaries of
deceased individuals, if they are also natural persons.

Yours faithfully,

C Wheeler

Enquiries CED, Bournemouth Borough Council

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Leigh Hayler, Bournemouth Borough Council

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Dear Ms Wheeler

 

Information Request

 

Thank you for your information request received 09.02.16.

 

Whilst the Council does hold the information you asked for, we cannot
disclose it to you as it is covered by an exemption.  I have set out the
reasons for this decision below.

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Exemption Description | Reason/Explanation |
|-----------------------------+------------------------------------------|
|Section 40(2) – personal data|Disclosure of residential empty properties|
| |that are in private ownership would result|
|  |in a breach of the first and second |
| |principles of the DPA if it was disclosed |
| |into the public domain. This is an |
| |absolute exemption and not subject to the |
| |public interest test. |
| | |
| |  |
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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Leigh Hayler
Senior Business Support Officer
Housing, Parks & Bereavement Services
T: 01202 458313 W: [email address]

 

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