Selective Licensing Scheme 2021 Public Register

Louise Oldfield made this Freedom of Information request to Thanet District Council Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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Dear Thanet District Council,

Please provide the Public Register for the Selective Licences for the year 2021.

Yours faithfully,

Louise Oldfield

TDC FOI, Thanet District Council

Receipt for FOI 6430

Dear Louise Oldfield,
Thank you for your information request dated 13/03/2023.

I can confirm that we have received your request and are now processing
it. Our reference number for your request is FOI 6430.

We will look to make a full disclosure of the information requested by
13/04/2023.

We will let you know if there are any issues processing your request and
if there will be any delays regarding collating the information you have
requested.
Further information on how we process personal data in Information
Governance can be found on the Council's privacy statement
page: [1]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/privacy-statem...
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Thanet District Council
Margate
CT9 1XZ
01843 577247

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Dear TDC FOI,

I'm writing in reference to FOI 6430. A response should have been issued by April 12th 2023. The response is now overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Louise Oldfield

TDC FOI, Thanet District Council

Dear Louise Oldfield,
Thank you for your email. 
Please be advised that the response to your request is due today,
13/04/2023.
This information is available under Section 232 of the Housing Act 2004,
which states that every local housing authority must maintain a register
of licences for houses in multiple occupation (HMO). The authority must
ensure that the contents of the register are available at the authority’s
head office for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable
times. If requested by a person to do so and subject to payment of such
reasonable fee (if any) as the authority may determine, a local housing
authority must supply the person with a copy (certified to be true) of the
register or of an extract from it.
For this reason, the information you have requested is reasonably
accessible via other means, i.e. through existing legislation, and so will
not be processed as an FOI under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
Whilst the information on the HMO register is public information, we
consider that it would be inappropriate to share the data you have
requested on WDTK because it contains vast amounts of personal data and
publication may be unfair and excessive given the potential for ease of
access by a large number of people.
Therefore, please contact [1][email address] or complete our form
at [2]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/info-pages/fre...
so that we may provide this information to you directly. 
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Thanet District Council
Margate
CT9 1XZ
01843 577247

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Dear TDC FOI,

I believe you may have misunderstood my request. I have asked for the Selective Licensing Scheme Public Register 2021. Your reply refers to the HMO register, which I have not requested. Nethertheless, the Council has previously released both the HMO Register and the Selective Licensing Public Register as digital format in response to an FOI. The platform of WDTK (WhatDoTheyKnow.com) should not be taken into consideration when deciding to release public information in digital or hardcopy format for viewing in the Council Offices.
Before I issue a request for an Internal Review of your decision, I'd sending you this reply so that you may reconsider my request now I have clarifed your misinterpretation.

Please see this request were Thanet District Council released the HMO Register and the Selective Licensing Public Register from 2017:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...

Thank you.

Louise

Yours sincerely,

Louise Oldfield

Dear Thanet District Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Thanet District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Selective Licensing Scheme 2021 Public Register'.

Your reply refers to the HMO register. My request was for the Selective Licensing Scheme Public Register which is a different scheme altogether. In my reply I pointed this out and have not received a reply back. I have also pointed out the the authority has previously released the Selective Licensing Scheme Public Register for previous years.

I would also like to point out that the format that an FOI is requested is not relevant. It is the information that is requested.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Louise Oldfield

TDC FOI Support, Thanet District Council

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Dear Louise Oldfield,
Thank you for your information request dated 13/03/2023.
The response to your request is set out below/in the attached document.
Our response:
We confirm that we hold the information that you have requested.
Public Register for the Selective Licences for the year 2021
Response: We apologise for the error in our previous response to you which
refers to the HMO register as opposed to the Selective Licensing Scheme.
Please see the attached register.
If you are unhappy with the way your enquiry has been dealt with, you may
ask for an internal review by submitting a request within one month of the
date of this response. 
Further information on the internal review process is can be found
here: [1]https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/off...
Your request should be addressed to the Information Governance Manager,
Thanet District Council, PO Box 9, Cecil Street, Margate, CT9 1XZ or by
emailing [2][email address].  
If you are still dissatisfied after an internal review, you may appeal to
the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9
5AF.
Further information on how we process personal data in Information
Governance can be found on the Council's privacy statement page:
[3]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/privacy-statem...
Kind regards,

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance | Legal
Services
[4][email address] | (01843) [6][IMG]
577247
[5]Cecil St, Margate CT9 1XZ
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