Planning permission breaches
Dear Oxford City Council,
Under the Freedom of Information act, I would like to request the following information:
1. The number of breaches of planning permission recorded by the council in the last five years (2016-2020)
2. The enforcement action taken against the breaches above i.e. how many led to a prosecution, how many was no e enforcement action taken etc.
If you require any further clarification please let me know.
All the best,
Jamie Dixon
Dear Mr Dixon,
Oxford City Council – Reference:10453
Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 4th October 2021 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.
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Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
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Dear Mr Dixon,
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on 4^th October 2021 as follows:
Please see below:
The table below should answer both enquiries 1 &2.
Year Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of
Enforcement Enforcement Prosecutions Investigations Investigations
Investigations Notices Closed due Closed due to
Served Retrospective No breach,
permission voluntary
action or
other
2016 449 4 0 63 382
2017 418 5 0 67 346
2018 584 6 0 84 494
2019 456 5 0 92 359
2020 480 11 0 117 352
If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made. You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [1][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS. After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf. You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City
Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [2][email address] T: 01865 252 425
My working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance.
Get tested if you have symptoms.
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