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

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Dear Ellen Blacow

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 20th September. We
have considered your request and enclose the following information

(1) In the year April 2020 to March 2021, the total number of planning
permission applications with a decision.

We confirm that we hold the information you have requested and it is
already publicly available on the Planning PublicAccess pages of our
website. For ease of reference, the information can be accessed via the
following link:

[1]Caerphilly - Caerphilly County Borough

Please use the Advanced Search option and enter the date range in the
Decision Date fields at the bottom of the screen. 

Under Exception 6(1)(b), we are not required to provide information in
response to a request if the information is already publicly available and
easily accessible to the applicant in another form or format.  In
accordance with Regulation 12 of the Environmental Information Regulations
this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.

(2) In the year April 2020 to March 2021, the total number of planning
permission applications which were granted

We confirm that we hold the information you have requested and it is
already publicly available on the Planning PublicAccess pages of our
website. For ease of reference, the information can be accessed via the
following link:

[2]Caerphilly - Caerphilly County Borough

Please use the Advanced Search option and select Granted in the Decision
field, followed by the date range in the Decision Date fields at the
bottom of the screen.

Under Exception 6(1)(b), we are not required to provide information in
response to a request if the information is already publicly available and
easily accessible to the applicant in another form or format.  In
accordance with Regulation 12 of the Environmental Information Regulations
this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.

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 out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
 
 
Information Commissioner's Office -
Information Unit Wales,

Caerphilly county borough council, 2nd Floor,

Penallta House, Churchill House,

Tredomen Park, Churchill Way,

Ystrad Mynach, Cardiff. CF10 2HH

Hengoed. CF82 7PG  

  Telephone: 0330 414 6421 

Appeals will be determined by an  
appropriate senior officer
Website: [3]www.ico.org.uk

Email: [4][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.

How we will use your information

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:

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

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