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I am requesting a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14.

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Vivienne Rochester-Clarke

Dear Haringey Borough Council,

Following your response to me, dated 17.01.18, I am requesting a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14.

Yours faithfully,

Vivienne Rochester-Clarke
for and on behalf of Page Green Residents Association

Haringey Borough Council

Dear Ms Rochester-Clarke

 

Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
LBH/7037218

 

I acknowledge your request for information received on 29 January 2018.

 

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 26 February 2018

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Rochester-Clarke,

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/7037218

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 29 January 2018, in
which you asked for the following information:

 

·         A copy of the Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report
regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14.

 

My response is as follows:

 

Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act allows us to withhold
information if to provide it would be likely to prejudice the commercial
interests of any person and it is in the public interest to withhold the
information. We think that to disclose the entire Valuation Office
Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14, would
prejudice the commercial interests of the Council and Grainger. We do not
believe it would be in the public interest for this information to be
placed in the public domain because it reveals details of negotiations
which form the basis of a contract between the Council and Grainger that
has ongoing contractual obligations and contains comparable information
which could harm the interests of Grainger, a development partner of the
Council. This constitutes a formal refusal to provide this information, as
required under the Freedom of Information Act. The Council has however
released a redacted version for your information, which you will find
attached.

 

If you are unhappy with how we have responded to your request you can ask
us to conduct an Internal Review. If so, please contact the Feedback and
Information Team as below. (Please note you should do this within two
months of receiving this response.)   

 

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London

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Yours sincerely,

 

Molly

Molly Perman

Regeneration Manager

Tottenham Regeneration Programme

 

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Vivienne Rochester-Clarke

Dear Haringey Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Haringey Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'I am requesting a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14.'.

Further to your reply on 28/02/18, I am requesting an internal review as the document you provided is not the document I requested.

I requested a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated 9.5.14. The document sent was not from the Valuation Office, rather it was written by DVS, Property Specialists in the Public Sector. The DVS, Property Specialist in the Public Sector is a commercial firm based in Nottingham. This company was a third party specialist, commissioned by Haringey Council, and therefore, was not an independent assessor.

DVS, Property Specialists in the Public Sector is not the District Valuer Services (DVS), which is part of the government Valuation Office. This is evidenced by the DVS commercial report, sent by you. Please refer to page 7 of this report:
"DVS accepted instructions from LBH dated 2/5/14 and terms of engagement date
6/5/14...It is understood that you require a valuation for a potential disposal to
Grainger PLC who have made a conditional offer for the property.
Date of Valuation 9/5/14. The client is Haringey Council."

To my previous FOI, your response dated 17/01/18, stated that:
" Grainger’s offer for the purchase of the Apex site
was certified by the District Valuer as ‘best consideration’. This was
confirmed to the Council in a Valuation Report from the Valuation Office
Agency (VOA), dated 9 May 2014."

Previously, I requested and still require, a copy of the certification by the District Valuer as ‘best consideration’. If this copy does not exist then can you send me the copy of the government (i.e. non-commercial) documentation that was used by Haringey Council to confirm that Grainger's offer was best value according to the Valuation Office. If no government documentation exists I am asking that you to state that fact.

Yours faithfully,

Vivienne Rochester-Clarke

Pietikainen Sirkku, Haringey Borough Council

Dear Ms Rochester-Clarke,

 

Internal Review regarding Freedom of Information request reference
LBH/7037218

 

Thank you for email received on 13 March 2018.

 

Your request for an Internal Review has been logged with the reference
LBH/7188118. Please quote this reference number on any further
correspondence.

 

This internal review is regarding your request for : a copy of the
Valuation Office Agency's Valuation Report regarding Apex House, dated
9.5.14.

 

We will now review the response you have been sent to the above request
and I aim to let you know the outcome of our investigation by 12 April
2018. If I need longer, I will write to let you know the reason and when
you can expect a full reply.

 

 

Regarding your request for : a copy of the certification by the District
Valuer as ‘best consideration’. Please clarify if you wish this
investigated as an Internal Review or if you are making a new FOI request.

 

 

If you have any questions, please let me know. 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sirkku Pietikäinen

Information Governance Officer

Shared Service Centre | Central Team

 

Haringey Council

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Dear Ms Rochester-Clarke,

 

Please see attached our response to your FOI complaint/Internal Review.

 

Regards,

 

Sirkku Pietikäinen

Information Governance Officer

Shared Service Centre | Central Team

 

Haringey Council

5th Floor, Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22 7TR

 

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