Thank you for your request for information. I can confirm that your
enquiry is receiving attention.

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
you should receive a comprehensive reply to your request within 20 working
days from receipt of your enquiry.

The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[1]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus

In certain circumstances, a fee may be payable for determining, locating,
retrieving and extracting information and/or the cost for disbursements
such as photocopying and postage. If this applies, a Fees Notice will be
issued to you with details of any costs involved in advance and you will
be required to pay this before I can proceed to deal with your request.

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[2]www.ico.gov.uk.

Kind regards,

Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager

Corporate Services

Tendring District Council

Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [3][Tendring District Council request email] 

[4]www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE

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Dear Mr Butcher,

Thank you for your request for information regarding seagull incidents and
costs, which was received on 07/06/22.

Please be advised that the Council does not record the information in the
manner in which it has been requested. The Council does not record gull
management separately to generic bird complaints. Therefore much of the
recorded information held is not specified for gulls. However, a search in
the systems using the term “seagulls” has retrieved 69 service requests
between 2016 and 2022.  Please note that this covers ALL environmental
health areas, and includes a mixture of bird feeding complaints, noise
complaints, waste complaints, nesting on commercial premises / food
premises and other associated complaints where the term seagull was
mentioned. 

To provide further details on this would exceed the time limit as set out
in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This means that the
Council does not have to comply with your request if the cost of doing so
exceeds the ‘appropriate limit’, which for local authorities is 18
hours. This applies to the time taken spent locating and collating the
requested information. The information that has been requested is not
recorded in an easily retrievable format and would involve various teams
in order to collate the data requested.

Please see below the recorded information that is held. Again, please note
that this covers ALL environmental health areas, and includes a mixture of
bird feeding complaints, noise complaints, waste complaints, nesting on
commercial premises / food premises and other associated complaints where
the term seagull was mentioned. 

1.      How many complaints involving seagulls/gulls did the council
receive in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022*

2016 = 9 / 2017 = 5 / 2018 = 9 / 2019 = 7 / 2020 = 15 / 2021 = 18 / 2022
(up to 14.06.22) = 6

2. How many incidents involved a seagull/gull attacking an individual or
pet in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022* 0

3. How much was spent on seagull/gull management in 2016, 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022**? No recorded information held

4. Please give a brief description of the measures taken relevant to
question 3. N/A

5. Does your local authority have a specific fine regime related to
gulls?. If so, please give a breakdown of fines given for feeding gulls in
the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022? No

I hope this information is of assistance to you. If you have any other
queries about this matter then please contact the Corporate Information
Manager at [1][email address].

Right to Internal Review:

If you are dissatisfied with your FOI response or with the way your
request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act, you have
the right to ask for your request to be independently reviewed. You should
set out your representations in writing explaining why you are
dissatisfied with this response or the way your request has been handled
and send to [2][email address]. Alternatively, you can
post a request for an internal review to Mrs L Trembath, Corporate
Services, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 1SE. You
will be notified of the outcome of the review as soon as possible and in
any event within 20 working days from receipt of your representations.

Appeal:

If you should still remain dissatisfied following the outcome of the
review, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision by
writing to:

Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113, [3]www.ico.gov.uk.

The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[4]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[5]www.ico.gov.uk .

Kind regards,

Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager

Corporate Services

Tendring District Council

Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [6][Tendring District Council request email] 

[7]www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE

From: Corporate Information Manager
<[8][email address]>
Sent: 07 June 2022 19:17
To: 'Benjamin Butcher' <[9][FOI #867941 email]>
Subject: FOI Acknowledgement [ref: #2022-334] - Seagull incidents and
costs

Thank you for your request for information. I can confirm that your
enquiry is receiving attention.

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
you should receive a comprehensive reply to your request within 20 working
days from receipt of your enquiry.

The Council’s current activities and up to date changes to our service
delivery can be found on our website at
[10]https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus

In certain circumstances, a fee may be payable for determining, locating,
retrieving and extracting information and/or the cost for disbursements
such as photocopying and postage. If this applies, a Fees Notice will be
issued to you with details of any costs involved in advance and you will
be required to pay this before I can proceed to deal with your request.

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[11]www.ico.gov.uk.

Kind regards,

Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager

Corporate Services

Tendring District Council

Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [12][Tendring District Council request email] 

[13]www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE

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