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Dear Epping Forest District Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information;

Has your council declared a climate emergency?

Please provide a breakdown of how many projects in the following categories your council has objected to, rejected and approved over the last three years; battery storage, wind and solar.

What is the average time taken to make a decision on each of the following types of projects; battery storage, solar and wind.

Yours faithfully,

Liam Porter

Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Liam Porter,

Freedom of Information Request Ref:3295

I refer to your recent request for information about climate emergency,
which was received by the Council on the 3rd of January 2024.

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Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Liam Porter,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3295

I refer to your recent request for information about climate emergency.

I can confirm that the Council holds this information. The information is
exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, because the
information is accessible to you, as it is already in the public domain,
at:
All of this information is available on our website by searching for
applications -
[1]https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/planni....
I would suggest that you utilise the ‘advanced search’ function since this
will enable you to search using a key word search under ‘proposal’.
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Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
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Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

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Epping Forest District Council

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Dear Liam Porter,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3295

Further to my previous email, which related to Development Management,
please find information from the Climate Change Officer:

For the Climate Emergency, yes we have declared a Climate Emergency in
September 2019. The motion for this can be found here…

[1]Minutes Template (eppingforestdc.gov.uk)

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require the permission of the copyright holder.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

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