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Robert Whittaker

Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2009

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 105)

Thetford Place Brand Project
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 9 April 2021.

Successful.

  Please see attached the Council’s response to your FOI.   Kind regards   FOI Team Breckland Council Email disclaimer: The information...
Parish Partnership 2021 - Thetford Bids
Response by Norfolk County Council to Robert Whittaker on 7 April 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker   Environmental Information Regulations Request ENQ-469591-G1V7C9   Following your email below I have gone back to the department...
Market Towns Initiative (2017-)
Request sent to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker on 22 March 2021.

Delayed.

I am writing to you regarding your "Market Towns Initiative" (MTI) scheme which was set up by the Council around 2017. I noticed that the page about...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 February 2021.

Refused.

Having not heard anything from the ICO for over three months, I contacted them again to see if/how things were progressing. It turns out that the case...
Street Bin Collection Schedule for Thetford
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 10 February 2021.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   1/ Confirmation of whether "daily" collections include weekends and/or public holidays.- ‘Daily’ relates to Working Days e.g....
Thetford Traffic Regulation Orders
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 2 February 2021.

Partially successful.

Further documents, relating to Green Lane, can be found at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highway_orders_on_green_lane_the
List of Scottish Schools
Response by Scottish Government to Robert Whittaker on 18 January 2021.

Successful.

Please find attached a response to your correspondence. **********************************************************************  This e-mail (and any...
FOI Publication Scheme and Complaints Procedure
Response by Geoplace LLP to Robert Whittaker on 11 November 2020.

Information not held.

Thank you for contacting us re: ICO Case Reference: IC-65493-V3W4. This has been logged in our system with reference number 00683918. This is an automa...
Public Rights of Way Definitive Statements
Response by Essex County Council to Robert Whittaker on 30 July 2020.

Successful.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Thank you for your request for information. Please find our response to your request on the accompanying document(s).   In r...
List of Streets Maintainable at the Public Expense
Response by Norfolk County Council to Robert Whittaker on 14 July 2020.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   Further to below I thank you once again for your patience, and am pleased to now provide the attached Excel version of the pu...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Response by Essex County Council to Robert Whittaker on 7 July 2020.

Successful.

Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for your request for information. Please find our response to your request on the accompanying document(s). I trust that th...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Follow up sent to Worcestershire County Council by Robert Whittaker on 12 June 2020.

Successful.

Many thanks for the quick and complete response. It's great that updates to the data can be obtained without having to specifically request them....
Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Follow up sent to Lancashire County Council by Robert Whittaker on 8 June 2020.

Partially successful.

Your Ref: 984.592 (AA4) My Ref: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_7 Many thanks for responding to my FOI/EIR...
5G Advisory Committee Report
Response by Glastonbury Town Council to Robert Whittaker on 2 June 2020.

Partially successful.

Highway Orders on Green Lane, Thetford/Kilverstone
Response by Norfolk County Council to Robert Whittaker on 18 March 2020.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker   Freedom of Information Request ENQ-397921-N4L8N0    I refer to your request for information dated 5 March  2020.   You asked:...
Original Surface and width of Green Lane Cycle Path in Thetford
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 9 March 2020.

Information not held.

Dear R Whitaker,   Thank you for your email.   Breckland Council can confirm that we do not hold the information you are requesting.   The...
List of Streets Maintainable at the Public Expense
Response by Suffolk County Council to Robert Whittaker on 4 March 2020.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker Thank you for your email, I have spoken to the team who provided us with the information and they have confirmed that your understan...
Walsingham Court, Thetford Bus Service Cancellation
Response by Norse Commercial Services Limited to Robert Whittaker on 15 January 2020.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whitaker,   You raised a number of issues with us following our response on January 3 to your questions of November 28.   In your resp...
Coordinate Location Systems for Emergency Call Centre Use
Response by Norfolk Constabulary to Robert Whittaker on 14 January 2020.

Partially successful.

14^th January 2020   Dear Mr Whittaker,               Our Ref: FOI 004564/19   Please find a PDF document attached in response to your requ...
Transport Evidence for TAAP
Response by Breckland District Council to Robert Whittaker on 7 January 2020.

Successful.

Dear Mr Whitaker   Thank you for your request.   This information is now available online  [1]https://www.breckland.gov.uk/taap   Kind reg...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data and Statements
Response by Bath and North East Somerset Council to Robert Whittaker on 18 November 2019.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   Freedom of Information Act 2000   Thank you for your email. Please accept our apologies that you are currently experienci...
Thetford Railway Station Accessibility
Response by Department for Transport to Robert Whittaker on 1 November 2019.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Whittaker,   Please find a letter of response to your FOIA request concerning Thetford station (received on 9^th October 2019) attached to...
Street Bin Collection Schedule for Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 21 October 2019.

Successful.

For anyone wanting to use the information in the spreadsheet, it appears that the "Easting" and "Northing" columns contain data using two different sch...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data and Statements
Response by South Gloucestershire Council to Robert Whittaker on 11 October 2019.

Successful.

I am away from the office until Wednesday 16 October 2019.   I will be checking my emails. Please email [email address] if urgent.    _______...
Thetford Railway Station Accessibility
Response by Network Rail Limited to Robert Whittaker on 17 September 2019.

Information not held.

Reference Number: FOI2019/00931 Dear Mr Whittaker Please find attached a letter from Network Rail in response to your recent request for informati...
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This person's 87 annotations

Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 February 2021.

Refused.

Having not heard anything from the ICO for over three months, I contacted them again to see if/how things were progressing. It turns out that the case...
Thetford Traffic Regulation Orders
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 2 February 2021.

Partially successful.

Further documents, relating to Green Lane, can be found at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highway_orders_on_green_lane_the
Complete Non-Residential / Business Property Rates Data (Q4 2020)
Request to Breckland District Council by Jack Robinson. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 23 January 2021.

Awaiting classification.

Section 22 is a qualified exemption, which means that it is subject to a public interest test. In order to use the exemption, a Public Authority has to...
Lists of Historic and Parent UPRNs
Request to Geoplace LLP by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 5 December 2020.

Refused.

Following Geoplace's rejection of my internal review, I submitted a s50 application to the Information Commissioner. I had a reply from the ICO on 11t...
Local Plan Working Group minutes
Request to Breckland District Council by Philip Spencer. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 September 2020.

Refused.

Given the ICO's guidance at https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1637/eir_material_in_the_course_of_completion.pdf and paragraphs 38-44...
Does the FOIA require a borough council or local authority to offer an internal review if the requestor is dissatisfied with the way his request has ben handled
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Dudley Jones. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 12 November 2019.

Information not held.

Under the Freedom of Information Act itself, there is no legal requirement for a Public Authority to have a complaints / internal review procedure. H...
Street Bin Collection Schedule for Thetford
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 21 October 2019.

Successful.

For anyone wanting to use the information in the spreadsheet, it appears that the "Easting" and "Northing" columns contain data using two different sch...
Register of data controllers
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by Mr M Smith. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 16 October 2019.

Refused.

I believe that both this response and the previous decision notice referenced in it are in error, and could be challenged. In particular, the S21 exemp...
Planning
Request to Breckland District Council by Carol Wilkins. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 11 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

I don't think this is a particularly helpful response from the council, and it probably fails to fulfil some of their legal duties under FOIA. In parti...
FOIA Request ENQ-353556-K9X2Q9
Request to Norfolk County Council by Ken Jones. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 14 August 2019.

Long overdue.

This appears to relate to a previous WDTK request at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/norfolk_safety_cic_transparency
Post Office Branch List and Opening Hours
Request to Post Office Limited by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 28 April 2019.

Successful.

The last two messages above were set to foia@postoffice.co.uk . This was still listed as a contact address in one place at http://corporate.postoffice....
Background to Decision to Close Three Nurseries
Request to Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 4 April 2019.

Partially successful.

In the response above, the answers seem to have got a big mangled in with the question text. Here's an easier to read version: 1 Please provide detai...
Pooled Business Rates Funding for Thetford Enterprise Park Roundabout
Request to Breckland District Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 1 March 2019.

Successful.

See https://twitter.com/BreckCouncil/status/1101485900645707776 where the Council state "...we found you emailed an redundant FOI email address. You wo...
Finance Organisational Structure
Request to Breckland District Council by Jess Woods. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 27 February 2019.

Refused.

Actually the email address currently used by WhatDoTheyKnow "freedomofinformation at breckland.gov.uk" is still listed on the Breckland website at http...
Thetford Traffic Survey Data
Request to Norfolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 8 February 2019.

Partially successful.

The "Highway Interventions" report linked above has since disappeared from the Council's website, but I've made a copy available at https://thetford.ma...
Modification Order
Request to Norfolk County Council by angela. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 February 2019.

Successful.

I believe that a copy of the order map, and the Planning Inspectorate's decision to confirm it, can be found online at https://assets.publishing.servic...
Commons Act s38 Application
Request to Thetford Town Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 22 November 2018.

Successful.

The council actually responded to me via a private email address they already held for me some time ago. They've now added the requested documents to t...
Public Rights of Way GIS Data and Statements
Request to Birmingham City Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 1 November 2018.

Successful.

The council responded to me via a private email address and provided the requested data on 28th September 2018. That data is now available from http://...
Public Rights of Way Statements / Descriptions
Request to Suffolk County Council by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 27 October 2018.

Successful.

For anyone who is interested in obtaining regular updates to the Definitive Statements spreadsheet, the response above contains an offer to be added to...
Duty to clear vegetation on footpaths
Request to Norfolk County Council by robin ford. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 22 August 2018.

Successful.

The Ramblers Association have a lot of information about Public Rights of Way that you may find useful: http://www.ramblers.org.uk/advice/rights-of-way...
LED Street Lights
Request to Norfolk County Council by Hayley Burrows. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 26 March 2018.

Successful.

In case anyone is interested, I followed up a couple of things related to this request in private with NCC. I received the following responses to the t...
Re-Use Request for Post Office Details
Request to Post Office Limited by Robert Whittaker. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 4 February 2018.

Successful.

The Tribunal proceedings have been ceased, with appropriate information relating to Post Office branches having been provided to Dr Whittaker. The in...
Lengthening waiting time for cases to be allocated to a case worker.
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by M Boyce. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 10 January 2018.

Partially successful.

I would have thought that the ICO would be using an electronic case management system of some sort, and that they would log the dates when each request...
List of streets and street works register
Request to Lancashire County Council by Adam Snape. Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 25 November 2017.

Refused.

I think this is a rather unhelpful response from the council and deserves to be challenged. * As regards the supply of the List of Streets, I would f...
Apologies for wrongful decisions.
Request to Information Commissioner's Office by [Name Removed] (Account suspended). Annotated by Robert Whittaker on 3 October 2017.

Partially successful.

What would happen if the requester asks for a new FOI s50 determination by the ICO in a case like this? Although the original decision notice presumabl...
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