Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)

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Dear Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council,

Can you please provide the following information regarding Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) in the Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council area:

- How many TPOs are there in the council area?

- How many requests to instate TPOs were made to the council in each year between January 2019 and December 2021?

- How many TPOs were instated by the council in each year between January 2019 and December 2021?

- How many TPOs were removed by the council in each year between January 2019 and December 2021?

- How many TPOs that were removed by the council were done so when approving planning applications in each year between January 2019 and December 2021?

- How many trees with TPOs in the council area were felled in each year between January 2019 and December 2021?

Yours faithfully,

Paul Armstrong

FOI Requests, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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Dear Mr Armstrong

           

Ref: 2022/03/004

 

Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Please
see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your personal
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We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 09^th March 2022.

 

In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

 

Kind Regards

 

Stephen Trainor.

 

 

 

Governance Administrator

 

 

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FOI Requests, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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Dear  Mr Armstrong

 

Council Response – EIR 2022/03/004

 

Thank you for your Environmental Information Regulations request. Please
find responses to your questions in the attached table.  You will see from
the response table that we have applied exception 12 (4)(a) to our
response under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 as Council
do not hold some of the information requested.

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have handled your request
for information you may request an internal review by contacting:

 

 

Liz Johnston

Head of Governance

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Antrim Civic Centre

50 Stiles Way

BT41 2UB 

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

If after the internal review is completed you remain dissatisfied you may
appeal to the Information Commissioner by contacting:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Email: [2][email address]

 

If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

Alison Cardwell

 

Governance Administrator

 

 

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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)
Importance: High

 

Dear Mr Armstrong

           

Ref: 2022/03/004

 

Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Please
see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your personal
data.

 

We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 09^th March 2022.

 

In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

 

Kind Regards

 

Stephen Trainor.

 

 

 

Governance Administrator

 

 

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Dear FOI Requests,

Thank you for this information. Would you be able to share details of the 83 TPOs in the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area including the TPO reference, address and date each TPO became effective?

Yours sincerely,

Paul Armstrong

FOI Requests, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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Dear Mr Armstrong

           

Ref: 2022/03/016

 

Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Environmental Information Regulations.  
Please see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your
personal data.

 

We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 21 April 2022.

 

In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

 

Kind Regards

 

Helen McBride

 

Information Governance Manager

 

 

 

 

 

Dear FOI Requests,

 

 

Thank you for this information. Would you be able to share details of the
83 TPOs in the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area including the
TPO reference, address and date each TPO became effective?

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Paul Armstrong

FOI Requests
Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way, Antrim. BT41 2UB [2]ANBC Logo
T: 028 9446 3113
E: [1][Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council request email]

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for security/audit purposes. All personal data will be processed in
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and any attachments has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses.
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ensure that their system is virus-free. Unless expressly stated in the
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Dear Mr Armstrong

 

Council Response: EIR 2022/03/016

 

Thank you for your Environmental Information Regulations request. Please
find responses to your questions in the attached table and PDF
document. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have handled
your request for information you may request an internal review by
contacting:

 

Liz Johnston

Head of Governance

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Antrim Civic Centre

50 Stiles Way

BT41 2UB 

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

If after the internal review is completed you remain dissatisfied you may
appeal to the Information Commissioner by contacting:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

 

Email: [2][email address]

 

If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Regards

 

Alison Cardwell

 

Governance Administrator

 

 

FOI Requests
Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way, Antrim. BT41 2UB [4]ANBC Logo
T: 028 9446 3113
E: [3][Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council request email]

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please notify the sender
immediately by email and delete this email from your system. Any opinions
expressed in the email message you have received are those of the
individual and not necessarily of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
The Council reserves the right to monitor all inbound and outbound email
for security/audit purposes. All personal data will be processed in
accordance with current data protection legislation – for more information
see our website www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/gdpr.  This email message
and any attachments has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses.
However, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council does not guarantee these
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binding contract.​

From: FOI Requests
Sent: 21 March 2022 10:56
To: 'Paul Armstrong' <[FOI #839456 email]>
Subject: EIR Request - Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)

 

Dear Mr Armstrong

           

Ref: 2022/03/016

 

Thank you for your email requesting information. Your request will be
treated in accordance with the Environmental Information Regulations.  
Please see attached Privacy Notice with regard to our processing of your
personal data.

 

We will aim to provide you with a response on or before 21 April 2022.

 

In the meantime, if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

 

Kind Regards

 

Helen McBride

 

Information Governance Manager

 

 

 

 

 

Dear FOI Requests,

 

 

 

Thank you for this information. Would you be able to share details of the
83 TPOs in the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area including the
TPO reference, address and date each TPO became effective?

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Paul Armstrong

 

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