Request reference: 9237
Issue date: 07.11.23
Request received:
1. How much money the council has paid to hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses for use as temporary or emergency accommodation for homeless households in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i e 2018/19 to 2021/22)
2. How many households the council has placed in hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, and guest houses in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i e 2018/19 to 2021/22)
3. How long each household spent in the hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast or guest house placed in by the council before being placed in a self-contained housing (e g a flat or house) or before the council discharged their housing duty
4. A list of the hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses the council has used to house households in the last four full financial years
a) Please ensure that the response is clear where the same provider has been used in more than one financial year
Response provided:
1. This information is published in dataset format on the Council’s website: cost of providing temporary accommodation to the Council
2. 20/21 – 137 households
21/22 – 136 households
22/23 – 138 households
3. Housing are unable to provide the data for each household as it would require a manual search gathering all of the information which would therefore exceed the 18 hour cost limit under Section 12 of the Act, however they have been able to provide the following:
20/21 – 137 households
| Less than a week | 62 |
| 1-2 weeks | 21 |
| 2-3 weeks | 14 |
| 3-4 weeks | 11 |
| 4-5 weeks | 7 |
| 5-6 weeks | 3 |
| 6-7 weeks | 7 |
| 7-8 weeks | 5 |
| 8-9 weeks | 1 |
| 9-10 weeks | 1 |
| 10-11 weeks | 1 |
| 11-12 weeks | 1 |
| 12-13 weeks | 1 |
| 13-14 weeks | 2 |
| 14-15 weeks | 0 |
| More | 0 |
21/22 – 126 households
| Less than a week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | 4-5 weeks | 5-6 weeks | 6-7 weeks | 7-8 weeks | 8-9 weeks | 9-10 weeks | 10-11 weeks | 11-12 weeks | 12-13 weeks | 13-14 weeks | 14-15 weeks | More |
| 13 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
22/23 – 138 households
| Less than a week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | 4-5 weeks | 5-6 weeks | 6-7 weeks | 7-8 weeks | 8-9 weeks | 9-10 weeks | 10-11 weeks | 11-12 weeks | 12-13 weeks | 13-14 weeks | 14-15 weeks | More |
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
3. As follows:
Barnstaple Hotel, Braunton Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1LE (ONLY USED ONCE)
Coaching Inn, Queen Street, South Molton, EX36 3BJ
Britannia Hotel, Ilfracombe
Symphony Hotel, Ilfracombe
Old English Inns Hotels, Cedars Hotel, Bickington Road, Barnstaple, EX31 2HE
Premier Inn, Whiddon Drive, Barnstaple, EX32 8RY
Royal & Fortescue Hotel, 61 Boutport Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1HG (ONLY USED ONCE)
Sherborne Lodge Hotel, Ilfracombe
The Corner House B&B, Bideford
The Darnley Hotel, 3 Belmont Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8DR
The Portsmouth Arms, Umberleigh EX37 9ND
Travelodge Wellington
Travelodge, A303 Southfield Roundabout, Horton Cross, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9PT
Travelodge, London Stockley Park Hayes, Bennetsfield Road, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1FL (ONLY USED ONCE)
Travelodge, Moto Service Area, M5 Motorway, Sandygate, Exeter, EX2 7HF
Travelodge, Newton Road, Torquay, TQ2 5BZ
Travelodge, Roundswell Services Area, Barnstaple, EX31 3RZ (Travel Hotels Ltd)
Travelodge, Sampford Peverall Service Area M5 Junction 27, Tiverton, EX16 7HD
Wildwood Guest House, 15 St Brannocks Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8EG
Request reference: 9409
Issue date: 01.11.23
Request received:
Please provide the following information about each planning appeal cost award or partial cost award made against your council (including information for any now-defunct councils that have been merged into your council) by planning inspectors between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2023:
• Date of cost award decision
• Date of appeal decision letter (if different to date of costs award decision)
• Has the amount of the cost award been determined (yes/no)?
• Amount of sum negotiated between the applicant and council for cost award (£)
• Was the decision that was the subject of the appeal made against officer recommendation (£)?
• PINS case reference number
Please could you also provide the following information about each planning appeal cost award or partial cost award made against an applicant in your council’s favour by planning inspectors between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2023 (please include information for any now-defunct councils that have been merged into your council):
• Date of cost award decision
• Date of appeal decision letter (if different to date of costs award decision)
• Has the amount of the cost award been determined (yes/no)?
• Amount of sum negotiated between the applicant and council for cost award (£)
• Was the decision that was the subject of the appeal made against officer recommendation (yes/no)?
• PINS case reference number
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information within a Word document (where held) which is available upon request, together with the following:
• Total costs claims made by Appellants against LPA = 40. Of these, 13 were successful
• Total costs claims made by LPA against Appellants = 2. Of these none were successful. Please note that the appeal at item 34 was subject of a costs claim by both the appellant and the LPA
• The costs claims that have been successful are highlighted in yellow on the table
• Where an officer recommendation was overturned by Members at application stage this is reflected in the notes column of the table
• Planning advises that they have been unable to find any reference to the amount paid to the appellant by the LPA in respect of item 19 at the time of this response being provided
• The costs claims by the appellant in respect of the appeals at items 9-13 were successful in part but no invoice has ever been submitted
• The appeal at item 33 is the Yelland Quay case. The amount to be paid to the appellant by the LPA is still under negotiation
Request reference: 9419
Issue date: 06.11.23
Request received:
A copy of the original drawings developer’s drawings of proposed properties under the following planning applications
Planning application 18559
ROUNDSWELL VILLAGE, (PHASE I, AREAS 5 & 6, PLOTS 1-67, 69-78, 82-88 INC. & 96), BARNSTAPLE, EX313XN
Planning application 20597
APPROVAL OF DETAILS PROPOSED ERECTION OD 51 NO. DWELLINGS PLOTS 39 TO 89 INC. TOGETHER WITH AMENDED HOUSE TYPES & SITE LAYOUT TO PLOTS 11 TO 32 INC. & 90 TO 106 INC. APPROVED UNDER PLAN PER 18559
Namely the Potterswell estate as it is now known; as well as developers drawings for properties at 133, 135 and 135 Meadowbrook
Response provided:
Request fully refused under Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. A public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable solely because of cost or burden that would be placed upon the authority to comply with the request
Request reference: 9435
Issue date: 02.11.23
Request received:
A breakdown of the amount your authority has spent on campaigns combating misogyny since January 2021
I understand some of the money may not have been spent yet but if you can provide me with how much has been budgeted for the campaign that would be great
This includes spend on advertising, PRs and marketing advice etc
Response provided:
Section 1(1)(a) of the Act requires the Council to inform you whether it holds information of the description specified in your request. The Council confirms that it does not hold any specific information in relation to combating misogyny
In discharge of its obligation under section 1(1)(b) the Council has however, just recently run Equality and Diversity training for all of its staff which included sex discrimination issues, but nothing focuses specifically on misogyny, therefore in response to your specific questions
A breakdown of the amount your authority has spent on campaigns combating misogyny since January 2021. = £0 as the Council has not run any such campaigns
I understand some of the money may not have been spent yet but if you can provide me with how much has been budgeted for the campaign that would be great. This includes spend on advertising, PRs and marketing advice etc. = N/A
Request reference: 9438
Issue date: 07.11.23
Request received:
How many households across your council area have approached the council for advice and support to prevent them becoming homelessness in the past five years
If possible, please provide data broken down by year by calendar year. If you could break it down from 2018-2022 and then any data you have so far this year
Response provided:
Number of approaches to NDC for advice and support to prevent homelessness:
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 up to 07.11
1,323 1,903 1,833 1,892 1,881 1,440
The figure for 2018 is slightly lower than the other years as this was the year Housing started using its new system, therefore they no longer hold figures from before it was implemented during Apr/May that year
Request reference: 9439
Issue date: 02.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 1QE
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9444
Issue date: 02.11.23
Request received:
1. Does your authority have responsibility for setting the local regulations regarding whether people can BBQ in a public space?
2. Is BBQ cooking permitted in ALL local authority public spaces WITHOUT a permit or prior authorisation?
3. If not, is BBQ cooking permitted in ANY local authority public spaces WITHOUT a permit or prior authorisation?
4. Is BBQ cooking permitted in ANY local authority public places WITH a permit or authorisation?
5. How many local authority places exist in your geography where people can BBQ?
6. Re Q5, if less than 6 in number, please name the places.
7. Is there a charge for a permit/permission? If so, how much is it?
Response provided:
The Council’s Parks and Leisure team advises that they are not aware of any byelaws in place for Public Open Spaces within the Council’s area, including its Parks. Furthermore they do not issue any permit, nor do they have any policy regarding this
Our Environmental Protection team also confirms that they are not any permits etc. to control barbecuing in public parks. The only instances where they would get involved would be if the remains of a barbecue had been left behind and they could then potentially issue a Littering Fixed Penalty Notice, but only if they could trace the people involved/responsible, such as any identifying litter being recovered
Request reference: 9445
Issue date: 15.11.23
Request received:
All of the photos and supporting document/statement with the application 73989 Atlantis Lodge, Croyde EX33 1PA
Response provided:
The Information was provided to the applicant with a small amount of personal information redacted in accordance with Regulation 13 of the EIR
Request reference: 9446
Issue date: 06.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX33 2BJ
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9448
Issue date: 06.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 8BJ
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9449
Issue date: 07.11.23
Request received:
1. The number of ‘new refugees’ who applied to the Council for housing in 2022?
2. The number of ‘new refugees’ who presented as homeless to the Council in 2022?
3. The number of ‘new refugees who have applied to the Council for housing in 2023 (up until today’s date)?
4. The number of ‘new refugees’ who have presented as homeless to the Council in 2023 (up until today’s date)?
5. Does your Council have an estimate of the number of ‘new refugees’ who will approach you for housing behind today’s date and the end of 2023?
Response provided:
1. Zero
2. Zero
3. Zero
4. Zero
5. Zero
Request reference: 9451
Issue date: 10.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX34 9BG
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9453
Issue date: 13.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 7DU
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9454
Issue date: 13.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 2HT
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9456
Issue date: 07.11.23
Request received:
1. Do you have a strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) and if so, can you please send me a copy?
2. Do you have an AI policy, and if so, can you share it?
3. Do you have any other written reports into AI and if so, could you please share them?
4. Have you invested in any third party companies to help you deliver AI?
5. What external investment have you made into AI?
6. What internal investment have you made into AI?
7. Do you use AI for decision making?
8. If yes, how? Which areas of the organisation?
9. Do you use AI in the execution of any political decisions or political governance?
10. Do you use AI for any other governance?
If so, do you use AI for/to:
11. Social media content (visual)?
12. Social media content (written)?
13. Video creation?
14. Website content??
15. Press releases?
16. Paid digital ads?
17. Communications Strategy?
18. Create policy documents in any part of the organisation and if so, where?
19. Create strategy documents in any part of the organisation and if so, where?
20. Create reports in any part of the organisation and if so, where?
21. Create any official documents in any part of the organisation and if so, where and what types of document?
22. Cyber security?
23. Managing public records?
24. Processing forms?
25. Are there any other ways you use AI that are not listed above?
26. Do you have any formal plans to introduce AI into the organisation?
27. If you do plan to introduce, can you share with me those plans/timeline
Response provided:
1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. N/A
6. £18K annually
7. No
8. No
9. No
10. No
11. No
12. No
13. No
14. No
15. No
16. No
17. No
18. No
19. No
20. No
21. No
22. Yes
23. No
24. No
25. No
26. No
27. N/A
Request reference: 9458
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
1) How many minor planning applications were received by the authority in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23?
2) How many minor planning applications were determined by the authority in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23?
3) How many major planning applications were received by the authority in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23?
4) How many major planning applications were determined by the authority in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23?
5) For major applications determined during 2020-21, how many were determined: (a) In under 13 weeks, (b) In 13 to 26 weeks, (c) In 27 to 52 weeks and (d) In more than 52 weeks
6) For major applications determined during 2021-22, how many were determined: (a) In under 13 weeks, (b) In 13 to 26 weeks, (c) In 27 to 52 weeks; and (d) In more than 52 weeks
7) For major applications determined during 2022-23, how many were determined: (a) In under 13 weeks, (b) In 13 to 26 weeks, (c) In 27 to 52 weeks; and (d) In more than 52 weeks
Response provided:
1. a) 525 b) 602 c) 541
2. a) 458 b) 541 c) 465
3. a) 33 b) 37 c)40
4. a) 27 b) 26 c) 43
5. a) Five b) Seven c) Nine d) Six
6. a) Three b) Eight c) Five d) Ten
7. a) Seven b) 13 c) Seven d) 16
Request reference: 9459
Issue date: 17.11.23
Request received:
All communications from/to Parish Councillors as well as Members of North Devon Council in relation to planning application 77576
Response provided:
In accordance with Regulation 12(4)(a), the Council provided this decision notice confirming that following a thorough search of its records for this planning application, no correspondence and associated documentation that falls within the scope of the request is held by the Council. Where Parish, Town and District Councillors may have communicated via email with one another about this application, there is no requirement for copies of such information to be then supplied to Planning to be held on the District Council’s Application file under 77576.
All exceptions in Regulations 12(4) are subject to a Public Interest Test, however it is noted in ICO guidance that it is accepted that if a public authority is refusing a request because it does not hold any information then it will not be able to carry out any meaningful Public Interest Test, and therefore the Council is not expected to include consideration of this test in this instance
Parish and Town Councils are responsible for responding to requests under the FOIA and EIR for the information that they hold and so it may be possible that such correspondence between Councillors on this application is held centrally by the Parish or Town Council that they belong to
Contact information for Parish and Town Councils can be found on the Council’s website: https://democracy.northdevon.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?bcr=1
Request reference: 9462
Issue date: 17.11.23
Request received:
Primate Licensing 2023
Part 1
- How many Dangerous Wild Animal Licenced are currently issued within the Council’s area?
- How many of these licences are issues for primates (monkeys, apes prosimians such as lemurs?
- How many applications for licences to keep primates under the DWAA Act have been refused in the last 12 months?
- What is the cost of obtaining a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?
- What is the cost of ‘renewing’ a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?
- Are you aware of any breeders or dealers of primates in your area?
- If a member of the public is aware of a breach of the Animal Welfare Act with regards to a primate, who do they contact in your area?
- In order to be granted DWAA licences for primates, must applicants demonstrate that they meet the conditions laid out in the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates?
- If a DWAA licence is not renewed, do you contact previous licence holders to establish why it has not been renewed?
- Would you investigate what has happened to primates that were licensed in your area but are no longer licensed?
Response provided:
1. None
2. N/A
3. None/N/A
4. £551.87 excluding vet fees
5. As 4. Above
6. No
7. The Licensing team, North Devon Council
8. This may be taken into consideration but at present the Council has no DWA licences
9. Yes
10. Yes
Request reference: 9460
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
1. The number of times between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023, or the nearest available twelve-month period, that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce debts to the local authority relating to each of the following;
- Council Tax
- Parking
- Housing Benefit overpayments
- Business Rates
- Commercial Rents
- Any other debt types, including any other overpayments
By “private bailiffs/enforcement agents” we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers. Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control
2. Before seeking a liability order for a resident for Council Tax arrears, do you take any of the following steps? Please indicate the steps you take
• Assessment of their income and expenditure
• Assessment of whether the resident (or anyone else) in their household is vulnerable
• Referral to your Council Tax Reduction/Support scheme
• Referral to income maximisation
• Referral to a free debt advice organisation
3. Do you signpost residents to one or more free debt advice agencies as part of your Council Tax collections process? If so, which charities?
4. Have you adopted the Standard Financial Statement as a tool for objectively assessing income and expenditure as part of your Council Tax collections process?
5. Do you have a formal policy in place for dealing with residents in vulnerable circumstances as part of your collections process for Council Tax arrears? If so, please may you provide a copy of the policy if it is for public consumption?
6. Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support/Reduction from the use of bailiff action?
7. Have you adopted the Citizens Advice/Local Government Association Council Tax Protocol?
Response provided:
- Council Tax = 2,735
Parking = 279
Housing Benefit overpayment = 101
Business Rates = 125
Commercial rents = Zero
Any other debt types = Zero
2. Above steps are not taken on all cases that are sent to Enforcement Agent for collection but are taken into account on a case by case basis when we are contacted by debtor.
3. Yes, CAB, Nationline Debtline and Money Advice Service
4. No
5. No, considered on a case by case basis.
6. No
7. No
Request reference: 9461
Issue date: 17.11.23
Request received:
A list from your planning database (in the form of an Excel sheet or csv file) of any prior approvals submitted for office to residential (dwellinghouses), storage or distribution centre to residential, light industrial to residential, retail to residential, financial and professional services to residential, betting shops to residential, pay day loan shops to residential, laundrettes to residential, casinos and amusement arcades to residential and agricultural to residential (Class M, Class MA, Class N, Class O, Class P, Class PA and Class Q under the GPDO) submitted from 1 May 2013 to 30 April 2023. We would need the list to show the reference number from your database, the full site address, the dates of application, the description of the application, and the decision outcome. If the number of proposed dwellinghouse units and Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) were readily available as part of any such list this would also be helpful
If possible, it would also be helpful to have an export from your planning database of any cases where there was a full planning permission for change of use for the same dates. We would only be interested in changes from another use to residential
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the information is published via the Planning Application Tracker and was also provided with guidance notes (which are available upon request) on how to use this in order to find the relevant applicants that fall within the remit of the request
Request reference: 9463
Issue date: 20.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX36 3NZ
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9464
Issue date: 22.11.23
Request received:
a) The number of Afghan citizens who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP are living within your district within Government funded bridging accommodation
b) The number of Afghan citizens in your district who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP have declared themselves as homeless
I would be grateful if you could provide this information on a month-by-month basis from August 2020 to date. If this breakdown will incur too high costs, then please provide broken down by quarter
In addition, please provide the following:
c) What plans are in place to respond to homelessness amongst this cohort, including the use of bridging accommodation?
Response provided:
a) Zero
b) Zero
c) We have obtained accommodation under the Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) if required for Temporary Accommodation. We have families in our area under the ARAP scheme however placed into accommodation via the Ministry of Defence
Request reference: 9465
Issue date: 03.11.23
Request received:
1. The person within the Adult Social Care Department who is responsible for Proactive and Preventative Care
2. The person within the Adult Social Care Department who is responsible for Assistive Technology/Telecare Commissioning
3. The person who is responsible for administering the Disabled Facility Grants
4. The person who is responsible for administering the Better Care Fund
5. The person within the Adult Social Care Department who is responsible for TEC innovation and improvement
6. The person who is responsible for the analogue to digital switchover in relation to ARC and Telecare
7. The name of the Director of Adult Social Care
8. The name of the Head of Adult Social Care Commissioning
9. The person who is in charge of the local housing assistance policy
Response provided:
Applicant directed to Devon County Council for a response to: 1, 2, 5 through 8
The Council responded to 3, 4 and 9:
3. Wendy Slate is the Service Lead for the provision of Disabled Facilities Grants with the assistance of two case officers
4. Wendy Slate is Service Lead for administering the Disabled Facilities Grant funding through Better Care Fund, via the Council’s Financial Assistance Policy for the Better Care Fund. This policy outlines our mandatory and discretionary grants available
9. Wendy Slate is the Service Lead for the drafting and implementation of the Council’s Financial Assistance Policy for the Better Care Fund. This policy outlines our mandatory and discretionary grants available
Request reference: 9466
Issue date: 24.11.23
Request received:
1. Please tell if building control in your town hall carry out double glazing inspections to residential properties that are replacing windows
2. Please say what double glazing standards are used by you with regards to for example, installation methods, window positioning, bolting, washers, rain ingress prevention, shape, size, measurement, extrusion and glass quality, beading, silicon, foaming, sill, stays, locks, accessories, spacers/shims, tools etc
Response provided:
1. When replacing existing windows owners have a choice to either use a registered installer, who will self-certify the work through a registered body and then they in turn notify ourselves and we act as record keepers for that installation; alternatively owners may submit a building regulation application to ourselves and we will oversee the installation and once satisfied the works are complaint issue a completion certificate
2. When receiving an application we would check the replacement window provided adequate weather protection, adequate rapid ventilation, and adequate background ventilation, that the replacement met the required thermal performance standard and that where appropriate safety glazing was installed or that the glass had sufficient robustness in relation to its size or position. We would also check the window was suitable for secondary means of escape where it was appropriate to do so
Request reference: 9467
Issue date: 30.11.23
Request received:
The total spent providing homelessness relief and prevention duties to residents within your authority area as a result of a section 21 eviction (please provide both totals);
For each of the last 4 financial years (2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the requested information is not held in a way that it can be easily provided and as such, would require the Housing team to carry out a manual search of each individual tenancy for each of the requested years. Each year the Housing team has anywhere between 200 and 300 temporary accommodation tenancies and they estimate they would need anywhere between 10 and 20 minutes to check each tenancy and work out the requested information; therefore the Council refused the request under Section 12 of the Act. The Housing team considered whether would be any way in which the request could be refined/narrowed in order to bring it under the 18 hour cost limit, but unfortunately they were not as the only way the request could be answered would be by manual search of individual tenancy matters for the requested years. Even to complete the request for one financial year would far exceed 18 hours
Applicant provided with a link the Council’s website where it publishes a dataset setting out its Temporary Accommodation spend per financial year, broken down by Bed and Breakfasts/Hotels, Temporary Accommodation, and other identified premises it uses from 2009/10 to and including 2022/23. Please note that figures for 2022/23 are the un-audited figures. As soon as they have been signed off the dataset will be updated with the finalised figures
Request reference: 9468
Issue date: 03.11.23
Request received:
This is an information request relating to celebrities turning on Christmas lights
Please include the following information for the following years, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23:
- Total number of staff employed in planning and development teams
- A breakdown of staff in those positions including
- Position
- Title
- Total number of development and planning projects commissioned
Response provided:
Activities requiring the presence of a celebrity or personality, such as switching on Christmas lights, are organised in the North Devon area by Barnstaple Town Centre Management, which is an unincorporated public/private sector partnership, therefore the Council does not hold the information requested
Request reference: 9469
Issue date: 06.11.23
Request received:
This is an information request relating to renovations made to facilitate gender neutral toilets in the main council office
Please include the following information for each of the following financial years; 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, please include the following information:
• A total number of new gender neutral toilets and a total number of conversions made
• The sum of money spent on building new gender neutral toilets including the conversion of existing toilets
• The number of complaints related to gender neutral toilets and copies of any complaints (with redactions made to ensure confidentiality is maintained)
By gender neutral toilets I am referring to those with shared facilities that are not separated by sex or gender
Response provided:
The Council can provide you with the following response for each of the following financial years; 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 for its main Council office:
• A total number of new gender neutral toilets and a total number of conversions made
2020/21 = Zero
2021/22 = Zero
2022/23 = Zero
• The sum of money spent on building new gender neutral toilets including the conversion of existing toilets
2020/21 = £0
2021/22 = £0
2022/23 = £0
• The number of complaints related to gender neutral toilets and copies of any complaints (with redactions made to ensure confidentiality is maintained)
2020/21 = Zero
2021/22 = Zero
2022/23 = Zero
Request reference: 9472
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX34 9BB
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9473
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX33 1QF
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9474
Issue date: 24.11.23
Request received:
An email was sent from the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Department of Education on December 5 2018 to all local authorities to “draw attention” to a “building failure” involving a property constructed with RAAC. It suggested steps that local authorities should take the following steps:
(1) Identify any properties constructed using Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and validate the potential risk appropriately
(2) Consider and monitor the possible impact of reduced maintenance regimes on the condition of your property portfolio, in particular where RAAC is used
1. a) Please disclose any action taken and/or findings made as a result of this email regarding point 1. This could include any surveys, studies or reports commissioned to identify properties constructed using RAAC and their results, including which properties were found to contain RAAC, and the potential risk that was assessed
b) Please disclose any action taken and/or findings made as a result of this email regarding point 2. This could include any buildings in your property portfolio that you identified as having been built with RAAC that had “reduced maintenance regimes”
2. Please disclose copies of any reports, surveys, briefings or studies concerning the presence of RAAC in your property portfolio after this email from December 5 2018
3. If you replied to this email from the LGA, or forwarded it to another member of staff internally, please disclose the subsequent email chains
4. Please disclose any other actions taken as a result of this email, if not included above
Response provided:
1. a) and b)
The Council is awaiting the completion of an engineer's visit for a single suspected property within its area, therefore at the time of this response it does not hold any information that falls under this part of your request
2. Not Applicable
3. The Council has carried out a thorough search, however it has been unable to find a copy of the email to which you refer or any subsequent email chains from that email. Therefore the purposes of the request, the Council confirms that it satisfied that it does not hold this information
4. Not Applicable
Request reference: 9475
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX311SE
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9476
Issue date: 13.11.23
Request received:
Information request on translation services and technologies
Response provided:
Information provided in Word Document format, which is available upon request
Request reference: 9477
Issue date: 16.11.23
Request received:
Please could you provide me with details of the current pay scale/officer grade for the following roles or their equivalent within your organisation:
1. Customer Services Manager
2. Complaints Manager/Coordinator
3. Information Governance Officer
4. Data Protection Officer
5. FOI Coordinator
Response provided:
Applicant provided with a copy of the 2023 Paysheet in Excel (available upon request) and the following in response:
1. Customer Services Manager – SCP 23-30
2. Communications and Feedback Manager – SCP 23-30
3. The Council does not hold this or an equivalent role.
4. Solicitor and Data Protection Officer – SCP 31-38
5. Administrative Officer/Paralegal (FOI and EIR) – SCP 7-11. This officer reports directly to the Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
Request reference: 9478
Issue date: 13.11.23
Request received:
The total number of Band D houses currently in Ilfracombe
Response provided:
As at 13.11.2023, there are 486 Band D properties in Ilfracombe Parish
Request reference: 9479
Issue date: 24.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 2ER
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9480
Issue date: 30.11.23
Request received:
1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application to the council in each of the past 4 and a half years:
a) April 1st 2019 and March 31st 2020
b) April 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021
c) April 1st 2021 and March 31st 2022
d) April 1st 2022 and March 31st 2023
e) April 1st 2023 and September 30th 2023
2. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application to the council in each of the past 4 and a half years:
a) April 1st 2019 and March 31st 2020
b) April 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021
c) April 1st 2021 and March 31st 2022
d) April 1st 2022 and March 31st 2023
e) April 1st 2023 and September 30th 2023
3. What were the number of households in Temporary Accommodation?
a) on September 30th 2020
b) on September 30th 2021
c) on September 30th 2022
d) on September 30th 2023
4. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
a) April 1st 2019 and March 31st 2020
b) April 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021
c) April 1st 2021 and March 31st 2022
d) April 1st 2022 and March 31st 2023
e) April 1st 2023 and September 30th 2023
Response provided:
1. a) 9.13 weeks
b) 9.89 weeks
c) 10.74 weeks
d) 9.52 weeks
e) 8.38 weeks
2. a) 10.65
b) 13.99
c) 13.98
d) 14.18
e) 12.18
3. a) 31
b) 37
c) 65
d) 85
4. a) Four households with three children
b) Six households with one child
c) Six households with four children
d) Two households with zero children
e) Zero households, zero children
Request reference: 9481
Issue date: 24.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 3TY
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9482
Issue date: 13.11.23
Request received:
Motor Vehicles registered for public hire i e Taxi/Private Hire/Hackney Carriage that were either issued a new or renewal licence in the period 1st August 2023 to 31st October 2023, Specifically, I would like to know: (If any of these elements are not available, please supply the ones that are)
Vehicle registration number
Manufacturer (Make)
Model
Licence issue date
Licence expiry date
We would like this information provided in an excel spreadsheet please
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information in Excel spreadsheet, which is available upon request
Request reference: 9483
Issue date: 34.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 9JN
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9484
Issue date: 15.11.23
Request received:
1. In the financial year of 23/24, as of 13.11.23, how much has your council spent on providing temporary accommodation and, if the figure is known, how much is the council projected to spend by the end of the financial year?
2. In the financial year 22/23, how much did your council spend on providing temporary accommodation?
If you are able to breakdown by month-by-month, we would be grateful, but please disregard this if it takes us over the cost threshold
Response provided:
1. Applicant provided with the information covering April – September 2023 (2023/24) in Excel format, which is available upon request
2. Applicant directed to the Council’s website where this information is published within a dataset from 2009/10 to and including 2022/23
Request reference: 9485
Issue date: 15.11.23
Request received:
The following information regarding utilities supplied to the previous/current tenants of Canoe Store, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe, EX34 9QG, Watersports Centre, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe, EX34 9QG:
1. The name of the individual or legal entity liable to pay non-domestic rates in respect of the site for the period 25 May 2023
2. If more than one individual/entity was liable to pay non-domestic rates in respect of this site during the above period, please can you confirm:
2.1 The name of each individual/entity
2.2 The period in respect of which that individual/entity was liable for the payment of non-domestic rates
Response provided:
The Council’s Revenues team confirms that it has raised a report to the Valuation Office to assess the various parts of the new Watersports Centre, however at the time of this response they are yet to hear further and so they have not billed anyone/any entities for the rates
However, our Estates and Property Services team has provided the following details of the Lease and three Licences for Occupation in place:
Lease between the Council and The Lime Kiln Devon Ltd for the Watersports Centre Café, Larkstone Cove, Ilfracombe, EX34 9QG. The term of the lease is for 10 years from 1 June 2023
Licence for Occupation between the Council and Y-Sail, Watersports Clubs, Ilfracombe Watersports Centre, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe, EX34 9QG. The term of licence: 26 July 2023, ending 31 May 2026
Licence for Occupation between the Council and H2Outdoor, Commercial Watersports Hub Operators, Upper Marine Drive and the Ilfracombe Watersports Centre, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe, The term of the Licence: 1 June 2023 to 31 May inclusive
Licence for Occupation between the Council and Ilfracombe Pilot Gig Club, Watersports Clubs, Ilfracombe Watersports Centre, Larkstone Lane, Ilfracombe, EX34 9QG. The term of the Licence: the period starting 26 July 2023 and (unless terminated under clause 11.3) ending on 31 May 2026
Request reference: 9486
Issue date: 14.11.23
Request received:
1. How many households in your council area have acted as hosts in the Homes for Ukraine scheme since it was launched nationally on 14 March 2022?
2. How many hosts have been identified as charging Ukrainians rent?
3. a) How many hosts have been identified as charging excessive rent?
b) How many hosts have been identified as asking for excessive contributions to food or utilities?
4. How many cases of fraud – where hosts are both charging rent and receiving 'thank you' payments – has the council identified?
Response provided:
1. 84
2. Zero
3. a) Zero b) Zero
4. Zero
Request reference: 9487
Issue date: 30.11.23
Request received:
Management of Energy Portfolio
1. How do you currently manage your energy portfolio?
2. What your portfolio consists of; number of electricity, gas and water meters and if known, the annual consumption
3. Current contracts in place, e g suppliers, brokers and length of contract
4. Do they currently procure their energy direct or via a broker?
5. Do you have an energy manager/service team - if not who would need to be the authorising signatory and their contact details?
6. Are current bills sent electronic?
7. Current payments terms – BACS/DD – Days to pay etc
8. Do you have energy management software?
9. Do you require/complete net carbon reporting?
10. Do you outsource any other energy services?
11. Do you have any requirements for carbon reduction?
12. Do you have any requirements or plans for solar panel installs? If yes, have you considered Power Purchase Agreements?
13. Do you require any additional services such as online portals?
Response provided:
- Via Crown Commercial Services (CCS)
- Estates/Property Services:
Electricity: 49 sites, consumption:
Year to end April 2023: 645,313 units
Year to end April 2022: 706,136 units
Water: 38 sites,
Consumption: 645,313 units
Car Parks:
Electricity consumption:
Year to end April 2023: 13,094 units
Year to end April 2022: 14,956 units
Gas consumption:
Year to end April 2023: 8,318
Year to end April 2022: 24,926
Barnstaple Museum gas consumption:
Applicant provided this information in word document, which is available upon request
- EDF energy 12. Contract and supplier renews annual through Crown Commercial Services
Water contract ADSM. 2 year period ending December 2023
- Current contracts via CCS
- No, the Council’s Property Services Team manage utilities
- Bills are sent either via email or downloaded off EDF portal
- BACS 30 days
- No
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes, Yes
- Not currently
Request reference: 9488
Issue date: 29.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX39 4PF
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9489
Issue date: 15.11.23
Request received:
1. Does the Council have office spaces abroad?
If so,
2. How many?
3. What is the address?
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the Council does not have any office spaces abroad
Request reference: 9490
Issue date: 22.11.23
Request received:
- Is your organisation and apprenticeship levy payer? Yes or no is sufficient
- What was the value (£) of your organisation’s apprenticeship levy contributions in (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown
- How much apprenticeship levy ‘expired’ – i.e. was not used - in (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown
- How many apprenticeship starts did your organisation create in (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown
- How many of those apprenticeship starts created were (a) male and (b) female in 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown for each gender
Response provided:
The council confirmed that it is an apprenticeship levy payer and it provided the requested information within an Excel spreadsheet which is available upon request
Request reference: 9491
Issue date: 23.11.23
Request received:
All planning references that incurred a s106 payment; in particular we would like to understand the balance for each planning reference including:
a) Money received
b) Money spent
c) Money uncommitted
d) Money unallocated
e) Planning reference number
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the requested information in Excel format, which is available upon request
Request reference: 9492
Issue date: 29.11.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX16 8AR
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information
Request reference: 9493
Issue date: 30.11.23
Request received:
I am seeking information about the provision of transit sites for Gypsies and Travellers, and transit pitches on permanent sites, situated on land which is owned and/or managed by your public authority. Please find below a series of questions, submitted as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
1. Does this local authority own and/or manage any transit sites OR transit pitches situated on permanent sites? If ‘yes,’ please continue to answer the following questions below.
2. How many:
a) transit sites, and/or
b) transit pitches are there in total in your local authority area?
3. Of these transit pitches, on the 16th November 2023, how many were:
a) occupied
b) vacant?
4. What is the name and full address of each transit site, and/or permanent site containing one or more transit pitch(es), within your jurisdiction?
5. What are the criteria which must be met to be allocated a pitch on a transit site, or a transit pitch on a permanent site (if you have an allocation policy for one or both types of site, please can you share copies via email)?
6. What is the process by which people can apply for a transit pitch, and what are the contact details for applying for a pitch (e g list telephone number of site warden, and/or online form, depending on specific site arrangements)? And;
a) What are the operational hours on site?
b) Are staff always on site?
c) Is there weekend cover?
7. What is the maximum length of time for which people are permitted to stay on the transit site(s)/pitch(es)?
8. Please indicate how each transit site the local authority owns/manages is managed day to day, e g:
• Managed in-house by your local authority which owns the site (please provide details)
• Managed by another local authority within your jurisdiction, e g, a district or borough council on behalf of a county council (please provide details)
• Outsourced to a separate housing provider or similar (please provide details)
• Managed by a security company (please provide details)
• Leased to a named individual, who may themselves live on the site (please provide details)
• Named person who manages them and contact details (please provide details)
9. Have the police used Section 62a-e (Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) to direct people to the site?
10. How much are the costs for:
a) rent for a pitch?
b) a deposit to secure a pitch?
11. Are there any additional utility costs not included in the nominal rent amount for which residents are liable? Please provide details (e g, water, electricity, other utilities)
12. Is there a license agreement or another form of written contract for stays on the site, and if so, please can you share a copy?
13. What facilities and services operate on the site? Please list, for example:
• Traveller education
• Health visitor
• Support services
• Meeting room to hold interviews
• CCTV
• Height restrictor/gate
14. Does the local authority accept welfare benefit payments to cover rent for transit pitches, or transit sites?
15. Have there been any difficulties with setting up Universal Credit or Housing Benefit payments to cover rent for a transit pitch? If so, please outline these
16. Following a stay on a transit site or transit pitch, is there a certain time period on each site before which those who have vacated are permitted to return to the transit site or pitch? If so, please specify
17. Have there been changes made to individual site policies, with regard to the amount of time before which those who have vacated are permitted to return to the transit site or pitch, since the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (if applicable in your area)? If so, please provide details
Response provided:
The Council confirmed in its response that it does not own and/or manage any transit sites or transit pitches situated on permanent sites
Request reference: 9494
Issue date: 16.11.23
Request received:
1. Please provide me with the total costs of Christmas lights in the 2022/23 financial year
2. Please tell me whether the council is intending to turn on Christmas lights in the 2023/24 financial year
3. If the answer to (2) is no, please explain give the reason for not turning on Christmas lights this year
4. If the answer to (2) is yes, please provide a projection of the costs
Response provided:
The Council can confirm that it has made a contribution of £5,000 to Barnstaple Town Centre Management (which is an unincorporated public/private sector partnership) towards the Christmas Lights for 2023/24 as it did for 2022/23, however it holds no other information this as Barnstaple Town Centre Management are responsible for the arrangements of Christmas Lights
Request reference: 9495
Issue date: 21.11.23
Request received:
- What is the total number of people currently on a waiting list for social and council housing?
- What is the total number of people currently on the waiting list for social and council housing that are non-UK nationals?
- What is the breakdown of non-UK nationals on the waiting list by nationality?
Response provided:
1. Please note the North Devon Housing Register holds applications from applicants for their household (e g A couple may apply for themselves and their children – this is ‘one’ household, alternatively a single person may wish to apply for housing for themselves only – this is ‘one’ household). There are 2170 households on the North Devon Housing Register
2. 42. This is based on the nationality of the ‘main applicant’ for each household application:
American = 1
Australian = 1
Bulgaria = 5
Fijian = 1
Filipino = 1
Germany = 3
Hungary =1
Iranian = 1
Ireland = 4
Latvia = 1
Lithuania = 4
Netherlands = 1
Nigeria = 1
Poland = 11
Portugal = 1
Romania = 1
Swiss = 1
Syrian = 1
Ukrainian = 1
Zimbabwean = 1
Request reference: 9499
Issue date: 20.11.23
Request received:
Information regarding Section 60 costs under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993), specifically those costs that have been passed on to leaseholders who have extended their leases where the council was the Competent Landlord
To facilitate an analysis on the costs that leaseholders are liable when they extend their leases I would appreciate if you could provide the following data in a csv file with the following columns:
1. Date of completion – YYYY/MM/DD
2. Premium Paid – Integer
3. Section 60 costs – Integer
This data should be provided for the most recent 100 lease extensions that have completed where the council was the Competent Landlord. If this is not deliverable in a single request could you return data for the largest number of requests possible. If you cannot provide all of the above within the scope mentioned above, please provide what available information you have and an explanation for why you cannot provide the data
I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act
Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated, as it will contribute to a better understanding of the financial implications facing leaseholders when extending their leases under LRHUDA 1993
Response provided:
The Council confirms that it does not hold information. No properties owned by the Council fall within the scope of the request
Request reference: 9500
Issue date: 22.11.23
Request received:
- What is the total number of people currently living in social and council housing?
- What is the total number of people currently living in social and council housing that are non-British citizens?
- What is the breakdown of non-British citizens living in social and council housing by nationality?
Response provided:
North Devon Council does not hold this data. Council housing stock was transferred to North Devon Homes Ltd in February 2000. A internet search for registered providers of social housing should bring up a link to the Gov.UK website. The Gov.UK website contains tables and statistical data of providers within the North Devon area: Registered provider social housing stock and rents in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Request reference: 9501
Issue date: 23.11.23
Request received:
Please can you provide me with a list of licenced HMOs in CSV or Excel format, including the UPRN for each property. Please include:
- the address of the licenced HMO or property
- the UPRN of the licenced HMO or property
- the name and address of the licence holder
- the date that the licence was issued
- the date that the licence expires
- the maximum number of persons or households permitted to occupy the HMO
- the number of rooms providing sleeping accommodation in the licenced HMO
Response provided:
Applicant provided the requested information in Excel format, which is available upon request
Request reference: 9515
Issue date: 29.11.23
Request received:
- Any policies and papers, from 1 Jan 2022 to 1 November 2023, stating the percentage of biodiversity net gain your council will require as a condition for planning permission (under the Environment Act 2021) (a) as part of an agreed Local Plan; or (b) as part of a draft Local Plan
- Any polices and papers, from1 Jan 2019 to 1 November 2023, stating whether you have formally declared a nature/ecological emergency
- Any policies and papers, from 1 Jan 2022 to 1 November 2023, containing a target for your area to contribute to protect and manage 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030
- On what date your current Local Plan will be five years old and when you expect a new Local Plan to be agreed
Response provided:
1. The Local Plan was adopted in October 2018. Policy ST14: Enhancing Environmental Assets includes the following criterion:
The quality of northern Devon’s natural environment will be protected and enhanced by ensuring that development contributes to:
- providing a net gain in northern Devon’s biodiversity where possible, through positive management of an enhanced and expanded network of designated sites and green infrastructure, including retention and enhancement of critical environmental capital
Paragraph 6.5 of the supporting text states:
6.5 All development will be expected to provide a net gain in biodiversity where feasible. Where biodiversity assets cannot be retained or enhanced on site, the Councils will support ‘biodiversity offsetting’ to deliver a net gain in biodiversity off-site in accordance with the offsetting strategy (39). Biodiversity gain can best be achieved across northern Devon as a whole by enhancing the existing network of habitats, especially outside designated areas. Offsetting should generally occur close to where habitat has been lost, with future provision supported by a green infrastructure strategy. However, 'critical environmental capital' such as ancient woodland and veteran trees are not replaceable and should not be lost. European protected species will be conserved by protecting and enhancing the key habitats on which they depend, including for feeding, burrowing, roosting and hibernating. Flyways for bats will be protected by considering impacts from lighting
2. None, but the Council has signed the North Devon Biosphere’s Nature Recovery Declaration
3. The Council is a delivery partner for the North Devon Biosphere’s Nature Recovery Plan which has a target of 30% wildlife-rich habitat in the area
4. The North Devon and Torridge Local Plan was adopted on 29th October 2018 and therefore is now five years old. A review of the Local Plan was undertaken in accordance with Section 17 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) and Regulation 10A of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended), with a report considered by the Joint Planning Policy Committee on 13th October 2023. The committee resolved that the policies included in the North Devon and Torridge Local Plan remain up to date
North Devon and Torridge Councils have resolved to prepare a new joint comprehensive local plan. Torridge District Council’s decision to do so was in July 2023 and North Devon Council’s decision in November 2023. A Local Development Scheme will be prepared in the coming months to establish the timetable for preparation of the new local plan
Request reference: 9520
Issue date: 29.11.23
Request received:
1. The annual volume of schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via a RALD letter for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023. For the sake of clarity, the RALD replaces the FOR VO6003 used for bulk classes of property. RALD is an acronym for Rent and Lease Details. The RALD letter is sent to the property address or in the case of large companies to their Head Office. The letter contains a unique reference number which together with the property’s postcode is used to access an electronic version of a form of return via a secure internet site
2. The annual volume of schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via FOR VO6003 letter for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023
3. The annual volume of schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via a RALD letter and that were completed by the recipient ratepayer in question for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023. For the sake of clarity, the RALD replaces the FOR VO6003 used for bulk classes of property. RALD is an acronym for Rent and Lease Details. The RALD letter is sent to the property address or in the case of large companies to their Head Office. The letter contains a unique reference number which together with the property’s postcode is used to access an electronic version of a form of return via a secure internet site
4. The annual volume of schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via FOR VO6003 letter and that were completed by the recipient ratepayer for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023
5. The number and value of Civil Penalties issued with relation to the late response to or lack of provision of information relating to a schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via a RALD letter for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023
6. The number and value of Civil Penalties issued with relation to the late response to or lack of provision of information relating to a schedule 9 requests issued by the Valuation Office Agency via FOR VO6003 letter for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and for the period 1st January 2023 to 30th June 2023
Please supply the above information in an excel spreadsheet with the data clearly separated by calendar year
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the Council’s Revenues team does not hold the requested information and was directed to contact the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) for a direct response