Tree protection orders

The request was refused by Manchester City Council.

Alexandria mooney

Dear Manchester City Council,

Is the council's set of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) indexed in digital form?

If so, please may I have a copy of all the data relating to TPOs from any databases you hold regarding them. One or more CSV exports would be ideal.

Yours faithfully,

Ms Mooney

foi@manchester.gov.uk, Manchester City Council

Date: 01/06/2021

 

Dear Alexandria Mooney

Re: Request for Information – TPO – Reference Number: FOI/4757

 

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 06/05/2021 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

 

I confirm that the Council does hold the information that you have
requested. However, having carefully considered the matter, the Council
has determined that your request is exempt from disclosure under the
following absolute exemption:

 

Section 21: Information reasonably accessible by other means

This exemption applies because the information is available through an
alternative route. The Tree Preservation Order data is freely available on
the Council's Open Data Portal at: [1]http://open.manchester.gov.uk/

Please note that the information is currently being updated and the latest
set of data from May 2021 should be available in the coming days.

If you consider that you may have difficulties in accessing the
information due to specific personal circumstances (such as age or
disability) please do not hesitate to contact me with details and I will
try to assist you further.

 

If I do not hear from you within 3 months I will assume that you have
successfully obtained the information and I will close my file on this
matter.

 

Re-use of information

 

Information about the re-use of council information is available at
[2]https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...

 

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you have received this response by email the best way
to submit a request for internal review is to respond directly to the
email, leaving the email's subject line unchanged. Alternatively, you can
contact the Council's Information Compliance Team
at [3][email address] or Democratic Services Legal Team, PO Box 532,
Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA. A copy of the Council’s information rights
complaints procedure can be downloaded
from: [4]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. 

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review process,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
[5]www.ico.org.uk

 

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. If you have received this response by email, please leave
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Yours sincerely

 

Anthony Moore
Technical Support Team Leader, Planning & Building Control

Under section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in
response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The
information you requested is available on the website (url).

Having applied an absolute exemption I am not required to consider the
balance of public interest for and against disclosure.

References

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1. http://open.manchester.gov.uk/
2. https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...
3. mailto:[email address]
4. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d...
5. http://www.ico.org.uk/