Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 215

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Dear Cambridgeshire County Council,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Re: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 215

Dear Sirs

Could you please provide the following information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000:

In each of the last 5 calendar years and in the year to date
(reporting each year separately):

a) How many complaints has the Council received in respect of
properties where one potential response to the complaint would be
the issue of a section 215 notice or the issue of a warning letter
prior to the issue of a section 215 notice
b) How many warning letters were the Council minded to issue
c) How many warning letters were issued
d) How many section 215 notices has the Council issued
e) Of those section 215 notices issued, how many have been
appealed
f) What is the current status of the section 215 notices issued
(resolved/outstanding/appealed/ etc)
g) What is the Councils budget in respect of section 215 notices
for each year and what was the expenditure actually incurred for
each year
h) How many days of officer’s time has been taken up considering
and dealing with section 215 notices and consideration of matters
where a section 215 notice may be an appropriate response
i) Was the issue of section 215 notices subject to the Scheme of
Delegation for each of those years, and if so, to whom was the
power to issue section 215 notices delegated
j) Has the Council at any time in committee or sub-committee
debated or considered its policy on section 215 notices and could
you provide copies of any minutes where a section 215 notice is
mentioned

Please provide a copy of the Council’s currently agreed policy on
section 215 notices and the date and copies of the minutes of the
meeting where this policy was adopted.

Please provide a copy of the Planning Enforcement register for each
of the last five calendar years and the year to date.

Yours faithfully,

Peter C. Bell

FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

Dear Mr Bell

Re: Freedom of Information Request ref 5629.

Thank you for your email of 16^th August 2015 in which you requested
information about Town & County Planning Act – Section 215.

Your request will be dealt with in line with the Freedom of Information
Act and its regulations. In accordance with the Act, the Council aims to
respond to all requests within 20 working days, in this instance, by 13^th
September 2015.

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Cambridgeshire County Council

 

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Dear Mr Bell

 

Re: Freedom of Information Request ref: 5629

 

I write with reference to your email of 16^th August 2015 regarding Town &
County Planning Act – Section 215.

 

We have considered your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please find our response attached.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team

Cambridgeshire County Council

 

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Dear FOI,

Thank you for your helpful response.
I will direct my enquiries to those councils.

Yours sincerely,

Peter C. Bell