Thank you for your recent FOI / EIR request. Please find attached an acknowledgement for this request.

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Dear Gurpreet,

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 15th November 2021.
which is being dealt with under the terms of the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.

Planning Applications

Could you please disclose how many applications you have had to convert
–

a)             shops into residential homes (total number of homes ) how
many of these were notifications of permitted development rights?

b)       b) office spaces into residential homes (number of homes) how
many of these were notifications of permitted development rights?

We confirm that we hold the information you have requested for a) and b)
and it is already publicly available on Planning’s Public Access system
on the Council’s website. For ease of reference, the information can be
accessed using the following link:

[1]https://planningonline.caerphilly.gov.uk

When accessing the information, you should use the Advanced Search option
and enter Change of Use in the Application Type field and MIDWL (for 1-9
residential units) or MADWL (for 10 or more residential units) in the
Development Type field.  The relevant date range criteria can be entered
in the date option fields at the bottom of the page. I believe the
permitted development rights notifications you are referring to relate to
legislation applicable in England and not Wales.

c)       The total number of new home applications. (number of homes)

This information is also publicly available on Planning’s Public Access
system on the Council’s website using the above link and you should use
the Advanced Search option and enter MIDWL or MADWL in the Development
Type field.  You can also use options in the Application Type field if you
are only interested in Reserved Matters applications, for example. 

We do not record the number of homes unless it is included in the
description of development provided on the application form but the
Officer Report, which is held in the Documents Tab on the Public Access
system, will contain this information.

For both in every year between 2016-2021, with a monthly breakdown (if a
monthly breakdown for all years is not possible, please provide a monthly
breakdown for 2020 and 2021)

You can use the Date Option fields at the bottom of the Advanced Search
page to enter your date range criteria.   

Please note that we have dealt with your enquiry under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. Environmental information is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by a Section 39
exemption. This exemption exists due to provision for access to this type
of information already being provided for by the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004. Therefore in accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as a Refusal Notice to supply
this information under the Freedom of Information Act.

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request please contact us.

Yours sincerely

CORPORATE INFORMATION GOVERNANCE UNIT

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

You have the right to appeal against our decision.
If you wish to appeal please set If you are unhappy with that decision
out in writing your grounds of you have the right to appeal to:
appeal and send to:
 
Information Unit
Caerphilly county borough council, Information Commissioner’s Office –
Penallta House Wales
Tredomen Park 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Churchill Way
Cardiff CF10 2HH
 
 
Appeals will be determined by an
appropriate senior officer. Telephone: 0330 414 6421 

Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

Email: [3][email address]

Re-use of information without permission may infringe the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is not limited to,
making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies of the information
to a wider audience. If you would like to re-use copyright material owned
by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to
re-use copyright material not owned by this Authority should be sought
directly from the copyright owner.

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Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the
information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details
for the purposes of providing you with a response.  A copy of your request
and your response will be kept for 3 years.  Some requests and responses
may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.  

Your request including your identity and contact details will be
distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either
hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing
of requests.  Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by
the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted
prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your
request, response and any additional correspondence between you and
Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be
shared with them.

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the
right of access to information we hold about you and the right of
complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your
request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights
please click the following link:

[4]https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Caerphilly...

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