Waste and recycling collection dates

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Dear North Hertfordshire District Council,

Please provide the following data, under FOI:

1) Waste and recycling schedules for all properties, organised by address and postcode. If the information is not kept at the level of individual properties, please provide the list at street level, ideally including the USRN. Please include day of the week and collection frequency (weekly, fortnightly etc) for each service type. I request that all data is provided in CSV format, ideally with separate columns for the different parts of the address. A link to a web service does not meet my requirements, though the source data for a web service may. Please include the UPRN for each property if held. This is now permitted by the AddressBase licence. See https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/n... for details.
For an example of a suitable spreadsheet, see here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
Variants are acceptable if they contain the requested data. Separate spreadsheets for each waste or recycling type are also fine.
2) For collections that are not weekly, details of how to work out which week a collection will be. For example, if a "Week 1/week 2" system is used, then please provide an example of a date in week 1 and a date in week 2. For example "2nd January 2017 was in Recycling Week 1"
3) Details of all alterations to regular schedules for bank holidays etc. Please provide this for all future dates in 2017 and 2018, if available. For example, see this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
4) Details of any planned changes to these schedules.

Please also treat this as a request for re-use of the dataset under RPSI. Please can you confirm that you grant permission for reuse, ideally under the Open Government Licence. My planned use is to transform the data into a standard format, and aggregate it with the data from other authorities. I will then release it under an open licence to enable the development of useful services to encourage recycling, such as chatbots and voice tools to find upcoming recycling days.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Kane

services, North Hertfordshire District Council

Thank you for your enquiry.

This has been passed to our Customer Service Team who will aim to respond
to your enquiry within two working days.

If the Customer Service Team are unable to respond to your enquiry it will
be passed to the appropriate service area for a response.

Yours sincerely
Customer Service
North Hertfordshire District Council
 
 

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service@north-herts.gov.uk, North Hertfordshire District Council

Dear Mr Kane

I am writing to acknowledge your written request for information, reference number AF341698.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom Of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require an alternative format (audio, Braille, large print) or another language, please contact me with your requirements.

The Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment of your request and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the case.

There may be a fee payable for this information, this will be considered and you will be informed if any fees are payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for the responses is suspended until receipt of payment.

Further information explaining the Council's process for responding to information requests is available in our reception or on our website. If you have any queries about the process of your request then please do not hesitate to contact me. It is important that you include the above reference number on all correspondence related to this request.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone 01625 545700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Thank you for your request.

Yours Sincerely

Lynda Bourne
North Hertfordshire District Council

Freedom Of Information at NHDC, North Hertfordshire District Council

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Dear Mr Kane
 
Thank you for your request for information received 24^th July 2017. 
Please see the attached letter which details our obligations in relation
to Freedom of Information requests.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Eloise Boyd
Information & Asset Officer
Direct line: 01462 474351
North Hertfordshire District Council
Town Lodge
Gernon Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3HN
 
 
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Freedom Of Information at NHDC, North Hertfordshire District Council

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Dear Mr Kane
 
Further to your request for information received 24^th July 2017, please
see the attached documents for full details of our response.
Yours sincerely
 
Eloise Boyd
Information & Asset Officer
Direct line: 01462 474351
North Hertfordshire District Council
Town Lodge
Gernon Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3HN
 
 
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Dear North Hertfordshire District Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of North Hertfordshire District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Waste and recycling collection dates'.

The request was refused on the grounds that the data is owned by Ordnance Survey or Royal Mail, though no exemption was cited. The authority owns the waste collection data, which is produces as part of its public task. As such no third party IP right apply to the collection data itself. Ordnance Survey have stated that they permit the release of UPRN data associated with other datasets, so there is nothing to prevent the release of this data. Please contact the PSMA helpdesk if you need clarification, as they are aware of this request. Please note that you cannot engage section 21, as the collection data is not available elsewhere, nor section 43 as no agreement prevents the release of UPRN data. Furthermore, the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations state that an authority must release datasets produced as part of its public task, and make them available under the most open licence possible, with the Open Government Licence as the default.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/w...

Yours faithfully,

Matt Kane

services, North Hertfordshire District Council

Thank you for your enquiry.

This has been passed to our Customer Service Team who will aim to respond
to your enquiry within two working days.

If the Customer Service Team are unable to respond to your enquiry it will
be passed to the appropriate service area for a response.

Yours sincerely
Customer Service
North Hertfordshire District Council
 
 

service@north-herts.gov.uk, North Hertfordshire District Council

Dear Mr Kane

I am writing to acknowledge your written request for information, reference number AF352922.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom Of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require an alternative format (audio, Braille, large print) or another language, please contact me with your requirements.

The Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment of your request and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the case.

There may be a fee payable for this information, this will be considered and you will be informed if any fees are payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for the responses is suspended until receipt of payment.

Further information explaining the Council's process for responding to information requests is available in our reception or on our website. If you have any queries about the process of your request then please do not hesitate to contact me. It is important that you include the above reference number on all correspondence related to this request.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone 01625 545700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Thank you for your request.

Yours Sincerely

Lesley Mansford
North Hertfordshire District Council

Freedom Of Information at NHDC, North Hertfordshire District Council

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Dear Mr Kane
 
Thank you for your review request received on 13/9/19. Please see the
attached acknowledgement letter for further details
 
Yours sincerely
 
Ingrid Howard
Information & Asset Officer
Direct Dial: 01462 474375
North Hertfordshire District Council
Town Lodge, Gernon Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3HN
 
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Dear Mr Kane
 
Further to your request for a Review of the Refusal Notice received 13^th
September, please see the attached documents for full details of our
review response.
 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Jacqui Hamilton
Information and Asset Team Leader
Direct Dial: 01462 474499
North Hertfordshire District Council
Town Lodge
Gernon Road
Letchworth
Herts
SG6 3HN
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