My Ref:
IG-17195
Your Ref:
Contact:
Freedom of Information Team
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Freedom of Information Team
Information Compliance
Legal & Governance
2nd Floor
Loxley House
Station Street
Nottingham
Requester
NG2 3NG
At contact address specified for request number above
Tel: 0115 876 4376
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
22 February 2023
Dear Requester
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act)
The council has considered your request which was received 25 January 2023 and
our response to your questions is shown below.
a) The number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for parking violations
in the 2022 calendar year, specifically those matching each of the following
contravention codes:
01-16
19-28
30
35
40
42
49
56-57
62-66
70-73
78-96
The council has determined that this information is exempt from disclosure in
accordance with section 21(1) of the Act as it is reasonably accessible to you by other
means and publicly available.
Details of Penalty Charge Notices issued in Nottingham City are published online, you
can filter the data by contravention to identify the requested information:
https://www.opendatanottingham.org.uk/dataset.aspx?id=106
The council has relied on sections 16 and 21 of the Act, as it is providing you with
advice and assistance by directing you to our website where you can find the
requested information. Please accept this letter as a refusal notice issued in
accordance with section 17 of the Act.
b) I also request, if available, the number of car parking spaces within all
council-owned car parks.
The council has determined that this information is exempt from disclosure in
accordance with section 21(1) of the Act as it is reasonably accessible to you by other
means and publicly available.
The council publish our Parking Accounts every year. Details on the number of
spaces in the city centre car parks can be found on page 11 and car park spaces
outside the city centre can be found on page 5 of the latest report:
https://www.patrol-uk.info/annual-report/?au=Nottingham%20City%20Council
The council has relied on sections 16 and 21 of the Act, as it is providing you with
advice and assistance by directing you to a website where you can find the requested
information. Please accept this letter as a refusal notice issued in accordance with
section 17 of the Act.
You are free to use any information supplied for your own personal use. If the
information provided is marked as published under
an Open Government Licence you
are free to reuse it, subject to the licence terms. However, if the information is not
published under an Open Government Licence and you wish to reuse it, for example,
by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public you are required to
request permission for re-use of this information under the Re-use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005 (RPSI). Your RPSI request must be in writing and
include your name and address for correspondence, and specify the information you
want to re-use and the purpose you intend to use it for.
If you are unhappy with the response provided or with the handling of your request,
you can ask for an internal review in writing stating the reasons for your
dissatisfaction. Your request for an internal review should be made to the council
within forty working days of the date of this letter. Please quote reference IG-17195 in
all communications.
You can contact the Freedom of Information Team either by email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or writing to the
Freedom of Information Team,
Information Compliance, Legal & Governance, 2nd Floor, Loxley House, Station
Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG.
If you remain unhappy after receiving the response to your initial complaint you can
request an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact the
Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email at
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
Legal & Governance
Nottingham City Council
