Step Short Memorial Arch

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Dear Shepway District Council,

I am writing to request the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

Please supply all Information /documents: letters, memos, emails, faxes, records of phone calls, minutes or notes of internal / external meetings including planning notes in relation to planning application(s):

Y12/0742/SH. ERECTION OF A STAINLESS STEEL ARCH WITH STATUE AT BASE, ASSOCIATED DECORATIVE PAVING AND SEATING AREA WITH PLANTING TOGETHER WITH RELOCATION OF EXISTING RAF MEMORIAL AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING DECORATIVE LAMPPOST, FLAG POLE AND BENCHES.

Also including:

Pre application advice given to the applicant(s) his agents or developer, by Members or Officers of Shepway District Council.

Any communications in any of the above form between Shepway District Council and Step Short or any other parties in connection with the memorial arch as well as notes and meetings between any of the parties to include Damian Collins MP, English Heritage and the Council’s Design & Conservation Officer(s).

On what date did the applicant(s) his agents or developer formally contact Shepway District Council with regard to the pre-application advice?

On what dates did Members or Officers of Shepway District Council provide the pre-application advice to the applicant(s) his agents or developer?

How did Shepway District Council provide the pre-application advice to the applicant(s) his agents or developer? Was it communicated through official paperwork via the postal system? memos? email? Fax? Hand delivered paperwork?

In terms of lobbying, was the Step Short brochure titled ‘Step Short remembering the soldiers of the Great War - Presenting the Step Short Memorial Arch and Visitor Centre’ distributed to Members and Officers prior to the Development Control Meeting on 23rd October 2012?

Yours faithfully,

Brian McBride

Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Dear Brian McBride,

Thank you for your request dated 3 January 2014.

We will endeavour to supply the information you have requested within
the requisite 20 working days. If we think that it will take longer, we
will contact you.

Kind regards,

Rachel Neville
Information and Legal Officer
Tel: 01303 853437
Fax: 01303 853548
Shepway District Council, Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,
Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY
E-mail: [Shepway District Council request email]
Website: www.shepway.gov.uk

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Dear Brian McBride,

 

I am writing in respect of your Freedom of Information enquiry dated 3
January 2014.  This request has been handled under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. 

 

Please find below information in response to your request.

 

·         “Please supply all Information /documents: letters, memos,
emails, faxes, records of phone calls, minutes or notes of internal /
external meetings including planning notes in relation to planning
application(s):

 

Y12/0742/SH. ERECTION OF A STAINLESS STEEL ARCH WITH STATUE AT BASE,
ASSOCIATED DECORATIVE PAVING AND SEATING AREA WITH PLANTING TOGETHER WITH
RELOCATION OF EXISTING RAF MEMORIAL AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING DECORATIVE
LAMPPOST, FLAG POLE AND BENCHES.”

 

I have been advised by the relevant departments that information that is
held in respect of this planning  application will already be publicly
available on the council’s website – www.shepway.gov.uk.  Therefore the
exemption under Section 21 of the Freedom of information Act applies as
the information is accessible by other means. Information about planning
applications, permissions and associated documents and correspondence can
be found by following the instructions below

 

 

Go to council’s website - www.shepway.gov.uk

 

Home page – righthand side under “My Council”. 

 

4th from bottom of the list “Search/comment on Planning Applications”

 

Search, view and comment on planning applications. 

“Simple”

 

Select “Search for Applications”

 

Type in the relevant Application number, “Y12/0742/SH”

 

Click on Search

 

Select appropriate heading and then Click on “Documents” tab and “View
associated documents.

 

Additionally, information about Council meetings can also be viewed on the
council’s website – www.shepway.gov.uk by clicking on the following
sections, “Council and democracy”, “Meetings”, “Search documents”, then
typing in the word(s) to find, eg “Step Short” and click “Search”.  You
can also search on “Decisions by Cabinet, committees, etc”.

 

·         “Also including:

 

Pre application advice given to the applicant(s) his agents or developer,
by Members or Officers of Shepway District Council.

 

Any communications in any of the above form between Shepway District
Council and Step Short or any other parties in connection with the
memorial arch as well as notes and meetings between any of the parties to
include Damian Collins MP, English Heritage and the Council’s Design &
Conservation Officer(s).”

 

Correspondence which we hold with other parties including English
Heritage, Kent County Council’s Archaelogical Officer and our Design and
Conservation Officer is included within the associated documents for
application Y12/0742/SH.

 

Attached is a copy of an email from the Design and Conservation Officer to
the planner for the pre-application advice and email between Head of
Strategic Projects and Councillor Ann Berry.

 

·         On what date did the applicant(s) his agents or developer
formally contact Shepway District Council with regard to the
pre-application advice?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         On what dates did Members or Officers of Shepway District
Council provide the pre-application advice to the applicant(s) his agents
or developer?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         How did Shepway District Council provide the pre-application
advice to the applicant(s) his agents or developer? Was it communicated
through official paperwork via the postal system? memos? email? Fax? Hand
delivered paperwork?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to a
answer question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         In terms of lobbying, was the Step Short brochure titled ‘Step
Short remembering the soldiers of the Great War - Presenting the Step
Short Memorial Arch and Visitor Centre’ distributed to Members and
Officers prior to the Development Control Meeting on 23rd October 2012?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

Should you require any further information, or if you are not satisfied
with our response, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01303 853437.
You may also request an internal review by writing to the following
address:

 

Freedom of Information Appeals Officer
Administration
Shepway District Council
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
Kent CT20 2QY

 

Alternatively you can use our Customer Comment Form which can be accessed
at our website [1]www.shepway.gov.uk

 

In addition, if you are not satisfied with our response you may apply to
the Information Commissioner for an independent review at the following
address:

 

The information Commissioner
Wyncliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545700
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Rachel Neville

Information and Legal Officer

Tel: 01303 853437

Fax: 01303 853548

Shepway District Council, Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,

Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY

E-mail: [3][Shepway District Council request email]

Website: [4]www.shepway.gov.uk

 

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Dear Brian McBride,

 

I am writing in respect of your Freedom of Information enquiry dated 3
January 2014.  This request has been handled under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. 

 

Please find below information in response to your request.

 

·         “Please supply all Information /documents: letters, memos,
emails, faxes, records of phone calls, minutes or notes of internal /
external meetings including planning notes in relation to planning
application(s):

 

Y12/0742/SH. ERECTION OF A STAINLESS STEEL ARCH WITH STATUE AT BASE,
ASSOCIATED DECORATIVE PAVING AND SEATING AREA WITH PLANTING TOGETHER WITH
RELOCATION OF EXISTING RAF MEMORIAL AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING DECORATIVE
LAMPPOST, FLAG POLE AND BENCHES.”

 

I have been advised by the relevant departments that information that is
held in respect of this planning  application will already be publicly
available on the council’s website – www.shepway.gov.uk.  Therefore the
exemption under Section 21 of the Freedom of information Act applies as
the information is accessible by other means. Information about planning
applications, permissions and associated documents and correspondence can
be found by following the instructions below

 

 

Go to council’s website - www.shepway.gov.uk

 

Home page – righthand side under “My Council”. 

 

4th from bottom of the list “Search/comment on Planning Applications”

 

Search, view and comment on planning applications. 

“Simple”

 

Select “Search for Applications”

 

Type in the relevant Application number, “Y12/0742/SH”

 

Click on Search

 

Select appropriate heading and then Click on “Documents” tab and “View
associated documents.

 

Additionally, information about Council meetings can also be viewed on the
council’s website – www.shepway.gov.uk by clicking on the following
sections, “Council and democracy”, “Meetings”, “Search documents”, then
typing in the word(s) to find, eg “Step Short” and click “Search”.  You
can also search on “Decisions by Cabinet, committees, etc”.

 

·         “Also including:

 

Pre application advice given to the applicant(s) his agents or developer,
by Members or Officers of Shepway District Council.

 

Any communications in any of the above form between Shepway District
Council and Step Short or any other parties in connection with the
memorial arch as well as notes and meetings between any of the parties to
include Damian Collins MP, English Heritage and the Council’s Design &
Conservation Officer(s).”

 

Correspondence which we hold with other parties including English
Heritage, Kent County Council’s Archaelogical Officer and our Design and
Conservation Officer is included within the associated documents for
application Y12/0742/SH.

 

Attached is a copy of an email from the Design and Conservation Officer to
the planner for the pre-application advice and email between Head of
Strategic Projects and Councillor Ann Berry.

 

·         On what date did the applicant(s) his agents or developer
formally contact Shepway District Council with regard to the
pre-application advice?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         On what dates did Members or Officers of Shepway District
Council provide the pre-application advice to the applicant(s) his agents
or developer?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         How did Shepway District Council provide the pre-application
advice to the applicant(s) his agents or developer? Was it communicated
through official paperwork via the postal system? memos? email? Fax? Hand
delivered paperwork?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to a
answer question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

·         In terms of lobbying, was the Step Short brochure titled ‘Step
Short remembering the soldiers of the Great War - Presenting the Step
Short Memorial Arch and Visitor Centre’ distributed to Members and
Officers prior to the Development Control Meeting on 23rd October 2012?

Under the Freedom of Information Act authorities are not required to
answer a question if they do not already hold the relevant information in
recorded form.  Unfortunately we have been unable to find information in
our records that answers this question.

 

Should you require any further information, or if you are not satisfied
with our response, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01303 853437.
You may also request an internal review by writing to the following
address:

 

Freedom of Information Appeals Officer
Administration
Shepway District Council
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
Kent CT20 2QY

 

Alternatively you can use our Customer Comment Form which can be accessed
at our website [1]www.shepway.gov.uk

 

In addition, if you are not satisfied with our response you may apply to
the Information Commissioner for an independent review at the following
address:

 

The information Commissioner
Wyncliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545700
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Rachel Neville

Information and Legal Officer

Tel: 01303 853437

Fax: 01303 853548

Shepway District Council, Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,

Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY

E-mail: [3][Shepway District Council request email]

Website: [4]www.shepway.gov.uk

 

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have received it in error, please advise the sender immediately by
return email and then delete it from your system. Any unauthorised
distribution or copying of this transmission, or misuse or
wrongful disclosure of information contained in it, is strictly
prohibited. Shepway District Council cannot accept liability for
any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not
expressly made on behalf of the council. All email to and from the
council may be monitored in accordance with the council’s
policies.

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