Section 154 Notices
Dear Cumbria County Council,
Please can you provide details on the number of Section 154 notices issued by Cumbria County Council Highways department to Land owners where the notice was regarding roads or footpaths.
For the years 2021, 2022, and year to date 2023
By area for example, Eden, South Lakeland etc. (or in what ever areas the Council records this information)
Yours faithfully,
John
Dear John ,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Reference: FOI-95485-2023
Thank you for your request for information regarding Section 154 Notices,
which was received on 28/02/2023.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 28/03/2023.
Subject to the information not being exempt or containing any references
to third parties.
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indicate this as soon as possible so the council can consider your
request.
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automatically. The council will make an assessment about the application
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suspended until the council has received and processed your payment. If
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Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
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Dear Information Governance,
Hello I still have not had a reply to my information request. I realise there changes within the councils but this request was made with sufficient time for you to respond.
Yours sincerely,
John
Good Afternoon John
Thank you for your email and I am sorry that you are still waiting for our response.
I have received all but 1 figure for 2021 for each year across all the area network managers, so it has taken some time to collect the information, and it will need to go to a senior manager for approval (as you can appreciate things are being delayed slightly due to Local Government Reform) I am still confident though you will have the information returned to you before Friday, 31st March 2023.
Again apologies for the delay and thank you for your patience.
Kind Regards,
Jayne Harty
Information Governance & Complaints Officer | Service Centre
Corporate Customer and Community Services Directorate| Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park | Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
www.cumbria.gov.uk
Please note I am available from 9:00am - 4:30pm, (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and from 9:00 - 3:00pm (Wednesdays and Fridays), during the school term only.
Dear Information Governance,
Thank you for you prompt response, very much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
John
Dear John ,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Reference: FOI-95485-2023
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
[Cumbria County Council request email]
01228 221234
Dear John ,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Reference: FOI-95485-2023
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
[Cumbria County Council request email]
01228 221234
Dear Information Governance,
Thank you for the response dated 30th March 2023
Whilst the information provided goes some way to answering the request clearly a significant part is absent.
The Council will have the postcodes for the area of each S154 Notice as they are issued by the Council team.
This would enable each Council within the County to be identified.
Please will you provide the first 3 digits of the post code for each S154 notice.
This is not an onerous task as there is 60 notices issued within the 3 year time frame.
Many Thanks
Yours sincerely,
John
Dear John,
Thank you for your email of 18th April 2023 following our response to FOI request 95485.
It is my understanding that the information was requested for "in whatever areas the Council records this information."
I requested this information from the local area network managers, who record this information in number format by year, when a 154 notice has been issued by legal services.
I have spoken to the network managers following your email, and they do not record this information in any other way, i.e. postcodes as the letters go out via legal services.
It is also my understanding that this information may be held within legal services, but again they have confirmed to me, it is not recorded by them in such a way as would make this an easy task.
It might take some time for them to collate this for you (the information may be held in emails/ inside folders etc).
Further to this, I am wondering if specifically requesting, "the postcodes for the area of each S154 Notice as they are issued by the Council team," forms part of a new request and should be submitted as such, as we have responded with the information as it was recorded at the time of the request?
Kind regards,
Jayne Harty
Information Governance & Complaints Officer
Information Governance Team
Enabler Services – Customer and Digital
Parkhouse Building, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 4SJ
0300 373 3300
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