C&CR FOI Investigation Team 1st Floor Westfields Omar Waqas C/O Municipal Buildings Earle Street CW1 2BJ 03001235500 [email protected] Date: 18 June 2018 Our Reference: 2978133

Dear Sir/Madam

Information Request - 2978133 - HMO List

I am responding to your request for information, which has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) and logged as case 2978133.

Your request is as follows:

Would you supply the current list of Landlords/Owners/Fit Persons who own/manage/operate Licensed Houses

of Multiple Occupation in the geographical region within East Council

I confirm that Council holds the information you have requested. I am unable to provide you with all the information you have requested as I consider that the following exemptions apply to it.

We have included a redacted copy of the Register of HMOs. You are free to inspect the full HMO Register in person if you wish.

I have removed the names and addresses of private individuals. The following list is solely a list of non-individuals operating HMOs:

• Mrs Claire Winford of The Housing Company () Ltd, 3 Churchside, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1HG • Neil Chesworth at Harvey Scott, 29 Palmerston Street, , Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5PX • James Holdridge Properties Ltd of Smithy House, Sound Lane, Ravensmoor, , Cheshire, CW5 8PS • Ian Brown and Matthew Peddle trading as Premier Living 12 Kensington Drive, Willaston, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7HL • Carole Slater of The Living Room Letting Agency, 424 Road, Manchester, M20 3BW

• Antony Garnett of SG Lettings Ltd, 12-14 Macon Court, Crewe, CW1 6EA • Aevum Investments Ltd of Mortimer House, Holmer Road, Hereford, HR4 9TA • Elysian Homes UK Ltd of Optimise Accounts Limited, 2d Derby Road, Sandiacre, NG10 5HS • Mike Hanrahan, Hanrahan & Co. Ltd, 112-114 Witton Street, , Cheshire, CW9 5NW • SG Lettings (Phil Staniforth) of Suite 4-5, 3 Ruskin Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7JR

I am unable to provide you with the names and addresses of private individuals who own HMOs as I consider that the following exemptions apply to it.

GDPR The information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA). The information is personal data as defined by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). As it is information about someone else I’m unable to give this to you; release of this information would constitute a breach of “the data protection principles” set out in Article 5(1) of the GDPR, and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018; Principle (a) of the GDPR states that personal data shall be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to individuals and shall not be used unless at least one of the lawful conditions in Article 6 of the GDPR is met. This response therefore acts as a refusal notice under section 17 of the FoIA.

Please quote the reference number 2978133 in any future communications.

Please note that an anonymised copy of this response may be included in the Council’s disclosure log, which will be available on the Council’s website shortly.

You may re-use the information disclosed to you (excluding logos) under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your request or if you are not happy with the way your request has been handled, you can request an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 20 working days of our response by emailing [email protected] or in writing to Compliance & Customer Relations Team, Cheshire East Council, 1st Floor, Westfields, c/o Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you then have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF; Tel: 0303 123 1113; Fax: 01625 524510 or https://ico.org.uk The Information Commissioner will not normally investigate your case until the Council’s internal review process has been completed.

Yours faithfully

Gill Clowes Customer Relations and Compliance Assistant Cheshire East Council