Disclosure Log - July 2021

Disclosure of all and any correspondence relating to green spaces designated BRA03(1) in the Local Plan within the last 12 months

Information relating to a pre-application enquiry that falls within the scope of the request was fully withheld as the Council considers that the disclosure the information held would adversely affect the confidentiality of the proceedings of that public authority, or any other public authority, where such confidentiality is provided by law. A copy of the full response and explanation of the exception is available upon request

1. Can the Council say how many complaints it has received over Parish Councillors not registering their interests correctly/at all?

2. In anticipation of this being a low number can the Council say if this is due to the failure of the Monitoring Officer (past and present) in keeping and updating the Register of Interests, as required by Law

3. Is the Council aware that the failure of Parish Councillors to register interests is a Criminal Act as is the failure to maintain the Register?

1. Yes, two complaints have been received (since May 2019 which is the date when Parish Councillors last took office) over Parish Councillors not registering their interests correctly/at all

One complaint is that a Parish Councillor missed a piece of information from their register of interests, whilst the other relates to a Parish Councillor failing to amend their register of interests

2. The Council is unable to answer this part of your request as it does not consider this to be a request for information that is ‘held’ under the remit of the Act. To answer this part of your request would require the Council to make an assumption/opinion rather than providing a factually held reason. In any event, the statutory duty on the Monitoring Officer is to establish and maintain a register of interests of members and co-opted members’ interests, and a register has been established and maintained – there is no statutory duty on the Monitoring Officer to ensure that each member’s interests are correctly recorded at all times, and would be impractical

3. The Council it is able to confirm that the failure of Parish Councillors to register interests is a criminal offence. The failure of the Monitoring Officer to establish and maintain the register of interests is a breach of statutory duty, but not a criminal offence under section 34 of the Localism Act 2011

1. How many planning officers do you currently employ?

2. How many planning officers did you employ in January 2011?

3. What is your planning department’s current budget?

4. What was your planning department’s budget in January 2011?

5. What work has your authority undertaken in considering the volume of electric vehicle charging points needed in the district in the next decade?

6. How many high streets (as defined by the ONS) are in your district?

1. Three Lead Officers (one of which is vacant)

Six Senior Planning Officers (one of which is vacant)

Four Planning Officers

 2. This information is no longer recorded

3. 2021/22

    Expenditure = £1,127,800

    Income =          -£811,500 

    Net budget =     £316,300

4. 2010/11

    Expenditure = £1,129,610

    Income =          -£646,650  

    Net budget =     £582,960

5. The Council has procured an external supplier to provide rapid chargers to North Devon. As part of this, its appointed supplier has conducting usage modelling exercises to ascertain current and future demand for public electric vehicle charging points. Subject to grid capacity, the supplier will be installing adequate devices to meet forecasted demand. If demand however exceeds their forecast, there are provisions to provide further devices 

6. Five (Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, South Molton, Braunton and Woolacombe), as defined by ONS

1. How many statutory nuisance complaints did your council receive for noise caused by neighbours over the following time periods? 

2. How many resulting noise abatement orders did the council issue in the following periods?

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

3. How many fines were given out for broken noise abatement orders in the following periods?

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

4. What was the total value of these fines?

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

1.    2018/2019: 45 = noise from neighbours

                         18 = domestic noise

                           9 = DIY

                           6 = domestic parties

                           40 = domestic music

                             3 = house alarms

                 Total: 121

     2019/2020: 47 = noise from neighbours

                       17 = domestic noise

                        7 = DIY

                        5 = domestic parties

                      49 = domestic music

                        1 = house alarms

           Total: 126 

      2020/2021: 67 = noise from neighbours

                        17 = domestic noise

                         8 = DIY

                        11 = domestic parties

                        47 = domestic music

                         4 = house alarms

             Total: 154 

2.    2018/19 = 0

       2019/20 = 0

       2020/21 = 0 

3.    2018/19 = 0

       2019/20 = 0

       2020/21 = 0 

4.    2018/19 = N/A

       2019/20 = N/A

       2020/21 = N/A

For the years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21: 

1. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

Service of an abatement notice ss.79-82, Environmental Protection Act 1990 

2. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004) 

3. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

Prohibition orders relating to category 1 hazards (ss.20, Housing Act 2004) 

4. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

Prohibition orders relating to category 2 hazards (ss.21, Housing Act 2004) 

5. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences:

An emergency remedial order (section 40, Housing Act 2004) because the dwelling has a category one hazard that poses an immediate risk to the occupants 

6. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

An emergency prohibition order served because the dwelling has a category one hazard that poses an immediate risk to the occupants (section 43, Housing Act 2004) 

7) The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences: 

A criminal offence under section 72, Housing Act 2004 

8. The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences:

Repayment of rent if occupier(s) was in receipt of housing benefit and applied to a Residential Property Tribunal for repayment of up to 12 months’ rent (ss.73-75, Housing Act 2004) 

10) The total number of successful criminal prosecutions on formal notices served to private landlords for the following offences:

Section 331 of the Housing Act 1985 (causing or permitting overcrowding) 

11) How much (£) do these prosecutions cost on average for the local authority? 

12) How much (£) does a civil penalty cost the local authority on average?

Applicant advised that with regard to Q1 through Q10, the details of any applicable prosecutions for the requested years would be published with the following open dataset which is updated on a quarterly basis:

https://www.northdevon.gov.uk/open-data/?ID=0437E375-8836-45E5-BAB8-A11E6739B321&DS=4005  

11. £624

12. There have been no Civil Penalty Notices issued by the Council for the requests years, therefore the Council does not hold information that would enable it to calculate the average cost to the Council

1. How many employees are at your organisation? 

2. How many mobile phone and mobile broadband (data only) connections do you currently have? 

3. What is the split between mobile phone and mobile broadband connections? 

4. Who is your mobile phone network provider? 

5. Did you switch providers on your last renewal? 

6. Please provide a monthly breakdown of your total mobile phone contract costs for the past 12 months, and state whether VAT has been included in the numbers given 

7. Does your contract include a hardware, tech or transformation fund? 

8. If the answer to question 7 is yes, what was the value of the fund upon the signing of the current contract? 

9. How have you sourced the contract? 

10. What is the contract term length? 

11. How long do you have remaining on your current contract? 

12. Who is the primary contact for this contract?

1. 440

2. 156

3. 5 data connections/151 voice and data connections

4. Vodafone

5. No

6. £1086.00 average monthly charge

7. Yes

8. £5,000

9. Historic contract, we are about to go through a procurement process on the RM3808 framework

10. Out of contract, rolling

11. Out of contract

12. Nina Lake, Business Information Systems Manager

nina.lake@northdevon.gov.uk

1. The number of people holding 12-month mooring licenses

2. The number of residents permanently living in their houseboats

1. Ilfracombe Harbour = 72 Mooring licences

Lynmouth Harbour = 30 Mooring licences which are all taken for 2021

2. Ilfracombe Harbour = None, permanent residence not permitted

Lynmouth Harbour = None

1. The number of skate parks built within the district of North Devon in the last 20 years

2. The number of skate parks permanently closed within the district of North Devon in the last 20 years

3. The amount of money invested in skate parks by North Devon Council each year since 1999 and which skate park each amount of money was spent on

1. Two, Ilfracombe Skate Park and Rock Park Skate Park, Barnstaple

2. Zero

3. Ilfracombe Skate Park = £158,311

1. Are any of the following ride-hailing service providers operating in your Local Authority?

• Uber
• OLA
• Bolt

2. If yes, are they operating with or without a license issued by your Local Authority?

3. When did they first start to operate (launch date) in this Local Authority?

4. Do they continue operating in this Local Authority? If no, when did they stop operating in this Local Authority?

5. Since their first start date, have any operators had their licence suspended? If so, when?

1. No
2. Not Applicable
3. Not Applicable
4. Not Applicable
5. Not Applicable

Details of any regulation 17 (31st March 2017) certificates currently in place in your business rates hereditament database. Please note this is a hereditament level query and not ratepayer specific and is therefore not exempt

The certificate information should contain the following information

• Certificated Rateable Value
• Date of Issue/Application
• Hereditament Address
• BA Reference Number

All correspondence received and any internal correspondence regarding the VOI e-scooters from the start of the Barnstaple trials on 19th April 2021 to the present day and this should include, any correspondence from:

- the general public

- elected councillors from North Devon Council from the start of the trial

- any representatives of VOI scooters

- any correspondence from people that have injured themselves involving a rentable e-scooter. To include those who have tripped over one, been injured by one or anyone that has fell off one, or has been injured in any other way involving a Voi e-scooter

- This is to include all complaints/correspondence to parking and people riding them

- all police reports submitted to the Council relating to the ongoing e-scooter trials and any correspondence from the council to the police on the VOI e-scooter trials

1.What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2022/23?

2021/22 = Zero

2022/23 = £2.270 Million

2023/24 = £2.785 Million

All and every time the applicant have had a spot check, the gas check certificate and all of the work that has been done to the property since they moved into a Temporary Accommodation property arranged through the Housing team of the Council’s on the 31 Jan 2020

Information provided to the applicant in Word format

1. Please advise the rent threshold levels at which you consider accommodation which is supported to be unreasonably expensive and therefore subject to restriction

2. Please provide weekly Housing Benefit eligible rent levels paid for all supported accommodation in the Borough (and clarify if these are supported but not exempt and supported exempt). If possible please could you show the total/gross weekly rent split between the core rent, eligible and ineligible service charges. If you cannot provide this could you give the highest rent paid in these categories

SHELTERED/MANAGED EXEMPT

Landlord 1 Highest eligible rent £119.78

Landlord 2 Highest eligible rent £143.80

Landlord 3 Highest eligible rent £112.37

Landlord 4 Highest eligible rent £126.98

Landlord 5 Highest eligible rent £238.18

REFUGE

Landlord 1 Highest eligible rent £306.93

SUPPORTED/EXEMPT                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Landlord 1 Highest eligible rent  £304.01                                               

Landlord 2 Highest eligible rent  £304.48

Landlord 3 Highest eligible rent £285.28

Landlord 4 Highest eligible rent £323.48

Landlord 5 Highest eligible rent £312.68

Landlord 6 Highest eligible rent £137.65

Landlord 7  Highest eligible rent £180.37

Landlord 8  Highest eligible rent £105.21

Landlord 9  Highest eligible rent £324.99

Landlord 10 Highest eligible rent £146.10

Landlord 11 Highest eligible rent £344.08

Landlord 12 Highest eligible rent £213.26

Landlord 13 Highest eligible rent £205.00

Landlord 14 Highest eligible rent £238.18

Landlord 15 Highest eligible rent £214.68

CON29 information relating to a property at EX34 8LH

Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information

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Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information

1. How many playgrounds were there in your authority area during the financial year 2019/20? 

2. How many playgrounds are there in your authority area during this financial year 2020/21? 

3. How many playgrounds do you expect to have in your authority area in the financial year 2021/22? 

4. How many multi-use games areas (MUGAs) were there in your authority area during the financial year 2019/20? 

5. How many multi-use games areas (MUGAs) are there in your authority area during this financial year 2020/21? 

6. How many multi-use games areas (MUGAs) do you expect to have in your authority area in the financial year 2021/22? 

7. How many outdoor fitness areas were there in your authority area during the financial year 2019/20? 

8. How many outdoor fitness areas are there in your authority area during this financial year 2020/21? 

9. How many outdoor fitness areas do you expect to have in your authority area in the financial year 2021/22?

1. 27
2. 27
3. 27
4. Two
5. Two
6. Two
7. One
8. One
9. One

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In Excel format, a list of business rates credits currently held on business rates accounts that are live and those which have been closed and when the company moved out of the premises:

The name of the rate payer

The start date of the business rates account

If the account is still live or the date it ended

The full property address of the property with the credit on

The date/year of when the credit was created

1. Details of any electronics equipment manufactured by Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd): 

a) Purchased or leased by the council within the last five years, or

b) Installed in any building owned or leased by the council, or

c) Provided by the council for use by staff or contractors 

2. Details of any contracts with Hikvision or any of its UK distributors (including, but not limited to, ADI Global Distribution Ltd, COP Security, DVS Ltd, Dynamic CCTV Ltd, Eurocables Belfast Ltd, Fortus UK Ltd, Mayflex UK Ltd, Norbain SD Ltd), signed or active within the last five years 

Please provide the information in the form of a CSV spreadsheet file where possible

1. A) None

    B) None

    C) None

Information in relation to the administration of the Government Restart Grant for business 

1. Do you administer the restart Grant scheme yourselves? 

2. If you do not, who was it outsourced to? Do you remain involved in making decisions where Strand 1/Strand 2 reclassification is requested by a business? 

3. How many photographic studios have you classified as Strand 1 businesses, and/or made Strand 1 Payments to? 

4. How many photographic studios have you classified as Strand 2 businesses, and/or made Strand 2 Payments to?

5. The guidance notes classify photographic studios in Strand 1 but provides for reclassification based on the business activities? Do you/did you consider the specific activities of the business within the photographic sector? 

6. Are the businesses which have been classified as Strand 2 businesses what could be called’ family portrait’ studios offering social photography services to the public? 

7. Did you seek advice from the BEIS on the matter of photographic studios?

1.Yes

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On 8 December 2020 the UK government launched a green number plate scheme, which it said could help "motorists benefit from local initiatives such as cheaper parking and cost-free entry into zero-emission zones.”

1. How many statutory overcrowding breaches did the council record for households housed by the council in each year? Please provide a breakdown of breaches by a) space standard and b) room standard, and specify whether households may be captured as both a room and a space standard breach

2. The number of breaches of the space standard where more than two people have lived in a home with one room

3. The number of breaches of the space standard where more than three people have lived in a home with two rooms

4. The number of breaches of the space standard where more than five people have lived in a home with three rooms

5. The number of breaches of the space standard where more than 7.5 people have lived in a home with four rooms

6. The number of breaches of the space standard where more than 10 people have lived in a home with five rooms

7. For breaches of the room standard, the maximum number of people sleeping in one room as recorded by the council

8. How many households who have applied for council housing are living in temporary accommodation

9) Please list all the types of temporary accommodation the council has placed households in (including but not limited to: shipping containers, caravans, B&Bs, converted office buildings, and any other kind of accommodation)

1. – 7. None for the requested years

8. All those that are placed in Temporary Accommodation are requested to register on the Devon Home Choice register:

2018 = 169

2019 = 221

2020 = 244

The 2016 and 2017 data is no longer held by the Housing team

9. Bed and Breakfast

Holiday Self-contained units

Private rented Sector Scheme Self Contained units - 1/2/3 bedrooms

NDC owned self-contained units 1/2/3 bed units

1. How many people are currently on a waiting list for an allotment site managed by the local authority

2. In addition, for each of the 10 individuals most recently awarded a plot (at the time of this request), please provide:

a) The number of days that elapsed between first contact with the council (i e submitting an application) and receiving their plot

b) The average waiting time (in days) of those ten applicants

1. The Council currently has three individuals on the waiting list for an allotment plot at the Council’s only allotment at Jubilee Gardens, North Molton

2. a) and b) This information is not recorded by the Council

1. How many Dangerous Wild Animals Act (DWAA) licences are currently issued in your area?  

2. How many of these DWAA licences are issued for primates (monkeys, apes or prosimians such as lemurs)?

3. How many applications for licences to keep primates under the DWAA Act have been refused in your area in the last 12 months?

4. What is the cost of obtaining a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?

5. What is the cost of ‘renewing’ a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?

6. Are you aware of any breeders or dealers of primates in your area?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. If a DWAA licence is not renewed, do you contact previous licence holders to establish why it has not been renewed?

10. Would you investigate what has happened to primates that were licensed in your area but are no longer licensed?

1. None
2. Not Applicable
3. None
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 Dangerous Wild Animal licences in place
9. Yes
10. Yes

The number of people who have been vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine, who are either recorded as rough sleepers in your local authority, or housed in each of the following accommodation types commissioned by your council:

1. accommodation for homeless people, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping

2. temporary accommodation commissioned by the local authority

3. supported accommodation for homeless young people

1. 32 have had their first vaccination and 16 have had their second vaccination to date

2. The Council’s Temporary Housing team are not recording this information at present

Year   Cremations (excluding NVF)

2015   1537

2016   1573

2017   1599

2018   1620

2019   1530

2020   1608

2021    *773

Year   Burials (excluding ashes)

2015   70

2016   50

2017   67

2018   49

2019   56

2020   38

2021  *18

Information provided to the applicant in Excel format, which is available upon request

A list of businesses that qualify for Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) but haven't applied for it, providing the following for each:

• The name of the rate payer
• The start date of the business rates account
• Rateable Value
• Applied for SBRR (YES OR NO)
• The full property address of the property
• The full amount of credit you hold for the business (if any)

Applicant referred to the Council’s Business Rate dataset called ‘All NDR Properties Occupied and Empty as at 8 April 2021 via the following link:

https://www.northdevon.gov.uk/open-data/?ID=7ED2F924-B000-4771-B16B-181DB316F4E1&DS=4005 which provides all of the information except from the last bullet point regarding any credits held. This information is fully refused as the Council considers that the provision of this data would be likely to prejudice the prevention and detection of crime

In Excel format, a list of 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 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2021, specifically:

Vehicle registration number      

Manufacturer (Make)            

Model                               

Licence issue date                        

Licence expiry date                      

CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 0BN

Applicant advised that no information is held

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Applicant advised that no information is held

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Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council’s website for some of the information

1. When is the Local Planning Authority planning to introduce Biodiversity Net Gain as a mandatory requirement for all small development projects in the LPA’s jurisdiction? Please provide a specific date and a short definition of what the LPA classes as a ‘small development project’

2. If a specific date has not yet been decided, does your Local Planning Authority intend to introduce a requirement for planning applications to include localised Biodiversity Net Gain plans for small development project within the 24 months following the passing of the Environment Bill? (Please define ‘Biodiversity Gain Plan’ as any document that is analogous to the type of document specified in the Environment Bill) 

3. Is there any material that sets out what criteria a Biodiversity Gain Plan needs to meet in order to be accepted by the authority for a small development project? If such material exists please can it be attached to your response? If such material does not exist, please provide a brief description of what criteria a Biodiversity Gain Plan needs to meet within your LPA. (Again, please define ‘Biodiversity Gain Plan’ as any document that is analogous to the type of document specified in the Environment Bill)

4. Who is the official at your Local Planning Authority that is tasked with ensuring that Biodiversity Net Gain is implemented for the LPA?

5. Does the LPA’s approach to Net Gain require all ‘Biodiversity Gain Plans’ to be produced by an accredited ecologist?

1. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve has been a pilot area for BNG for many years Microsoft Word - Offsetting Strategy V5 (northdevonbiosphere.org.uk). North Devon Council has been applying a pragmatic and proportionate approach to minor development (1-10 units of housing) and where relatively minor impacts are anticipated, for example brownfield sites, urban infill since 2012. This is in addition to a more formal approach to major development utilising the Defra metric in accordance with National guidance and adopted Local Plan Policy ST14 North Devon and Torridge Local Plan (Interactive Version) - Keystone

2. NDC is currently developing a Biodiversity Supplementary Planning Document in partnership with Devon County Council

3. All applications are required to submit supporting information in accordance with the Devon Wildlife Checklist Wildlife and geology planning guidance - Environment (devon.gov.uk). All applications requiring a Preliminary Ecological Assessment will be expected to consider opportunities for BNG. On minor applications this may be demonstrated through the inclusion of building integrated bat/bird boxes and/or boundary planting and enhancement. Site Plans will be expected to be accompanied by appropriately detailed landscaping and planting specifications. On major applications and minor applications on greenfield sites, a formal Defra metric is required which will be expected to inform detailed proposals for habitat impact avoidance, mitigation and compensation. Where there is a requirement for long term management of newly implemented or enhanced habitats a Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP) is required in order to demonstrate appropriate implementation, management and monitoring of all retained and enhanced habitats

4. mark.saunders@northdevon.gov.uk

5. Yes

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Applicant advised that no information is held

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Applicant advised that no information is held

22.07.21

How many times the council has carried out enforcement action against Section 95 Home Office accommodation in the past five years

By Section 95 housing, the applicant is meaning housing commissioned by the Home Office and used to house asylum seekers while they apply for status

By enforcement the applicant is meaning any enforcement related to the condition of the housing and the living conditions inside, such as environmental hazards

30.07.21

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Applicant advised that no information is held

30.07.21

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Applicant advised that no information is held

23.07.21

1. How many full local land search requests do you receive monthly for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021?

2. How many full local land searches do you process each month for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021?

3. On average how long does each full local land search take to complete? This could be given in days, weeks or months. Could we get the average monthly times for 2019, 2020 and 2021?

1. 2019: Jan = 137

              Feb = 156

              Mar = 167

              Apr = 173

              May = 216

              Jun = 210

              Jul = 215

              Aug = 207

              Sep = 171

              Oct = 206

              Nov = 179

              Dec = 114 

     2020: Jan = 169

              Feb = 150

              Mar = 180

              Apr = 84

             May = 41

             Jun = 115

             Jul = 217

             Aug = 228

             Sep = 322

            Oct = 336

            Nov = 311

            Dec = 196

   2021: Jan = 128

            Feb = 202

            Mar = 231

            Apr = 258

            May = 255

            Jun = 240 

2. See figures as given above in response to question one

3. 2019/monthly average = One working day

    2020/monthly average = One working day

    2021/monthly average = One working day

26.07.21

North Devon Council have awarded a contract for eight units of Housing First, Awarded 22 April 2021

We would like to request the following:

• Names of tenderers who put forward bids/shortlisted in evaluation process and their rankings

Awarded supplier: Encompass Southwest

Procurement Process: An Urgent Decision was taken by the Chief Executive to set aside the Contract Procedure Rules and to carry out a direct award of this contract.  This is recorded in the public domain at Strategy and Resources Committee on 5 July and the contract can also be viewed on our Contract Register: https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/ViewContractDetails?contractId=c4ab11be-d9ea-eb11-810d-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21

26.07.21

North Devon Council have awarded a contract for Full-Time Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN), Awarded 22 April 2021

We would like to request the following:

• Names of tenderers who put forward bids/shortlisted in evaluation process and their rankings

Awarded supplier: Mental Health Service, Devon Partnership Trust

Procurement Process: An Urgent Decision was taken by the Chief Executive to set aside the Contract Procedure Rules and to carry out a direct award of this contract.  This is recorded in the public domain at Strategy and Resources Committee on 5 July and the contract can also be viewed on our Contract Register: https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/ViewContractDetails?contractId=042388fb-d6ea-eb11-810d-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21

28.07.21

1. How many new food businesses have registered with your council between financial year 6 April 2020 and 5 April 2021?

2. Of all the new food businesses who have registered with your council between financial year 6 April 2020 and 5 April 2021, how many of those were first inspected by an environmental health officer within 28 days of their application?

3. Of all the new food businesses who have registered with your council between financial year 6 April 2020 and 5 April 2021, how many of those have still not yet been inspected by an environmental health officer?

1. 241
2. Three
3. 213

27.07.21

In Excel format, A full list of businesses that have recently taken over a business premises between 1 June 2021 to 31 July 2021, including:

Full business name

Full Address and postcode

Property type

Date of liability

Applicant directed to the Council’s Business Rates datasets which are updated on a quarterly basis: http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/council/key-statistics-and-data/open-data/?ID=7ED2F924-B000-4771-B16B-181DB316F4E1&DS=4005 

The Revenues team that produces the datasets are unable to provide the information between the specific dates requested

This is because the reporting element that is used to pull various information from the Revenues system is only able to extract information on the day that a report is run and this then provides a snapshot as to how the accounts stand on that day. The Revenues team are unable to choose specific historic/past dates back over the years to run reports on to see which premises became liable for NDR. The reporting system that used by Revenues is a ‘live’ system that is continually being updated

Applicant advised that he next update will be due, in accordance with Section 22 of the Act, in October 2021

30.07.21

Council's Statement of Intent for Flexible Energy as follows:

1. Please can you provide the latest version of your Statement of Intent for LA Flexible Eligibility

2. Please can you provide a list of all Registered Installers that are able to install Energy Company Obligation measures under the Council’s Flexible Energy scheme determined by the Council in the Statement of Intent requested above

The information you request is held within North Devon District Council’s website and I insert a link to the ECO Flexibility assistance website page.  Council agreed installers are listed towards the bottom of this website page and there is a hyperlink to the Statement of Intent