County Hall Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA Telephone (01482) 887700

County Hall Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA Telephone (01482) 887700 www.eastriding.gov.uk Caroline Lacey Interim Director of Corporate Resources

Your Ref: Our Ref: 3d/TT/SG/ Enquiries to: Tracey Tomlinson E-Mail: [email protected] Tel. Direct: (01482) 393203 Fax. Number: (01482) 393269 Date: 4 December 2015

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request for Information

On 18 November 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council received your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information you have requested, along with the Council’s response, is set out below.

Details of Request:

Contact between Connaught Oil and Gas (Canada) and Rathlin Energy UK Ltd and officers of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Please provide the dates and locations of all meetings held between Connaught Oil and Gas (Canada) and their wholly owned subsidiary, Rathlin Energy UK Ltd and officers of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the following time periods.

1. Ist January 2006 to 31st January 2008. 2. 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2013. 3. Ist January 2014 to 20th November 2015.

Please provide the names and job titles of the officers involved and the names of the company representatives and others present at each meeting.

Response:

The information below is a record of meetings held and those people invited to attend. A record is not held of those who actually attended. County Hall was the venue for all meetings.

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Internal: Alan Menzies (Director of Planning and Economic Regeneration), Shirley Ross (Principal Development Control Officer - Minerals and Waste), David Howliston (Environmental Control Manager), Paul Worledge (Team Leader Highway Development Management).

External: David Montagu-Smith, Tom Selkirk, Simon Taylor, Philip Silk.

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Internal: Alan Menzies, Pete Ashcroft (Head of Planning and Development Management), Andy Wainwright (Strategic Development Services Manager), Paul Worledge, Shirley Ross. External: David Montagu-Smith, Caroline Foster, Jonathan Foster.

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Internal: Alan Menzies, Nigel Pearson (Chief Executive) External: David Montagu-Smith.

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Internal: Alan Menzies, Nigel Pearson, Pete Ashcroft, Andy Wainwright. External: David Montagu-Smith, Tom Selkirk.

Friday, 28 November 2014

Internal: Alan Menzies, Nigel Leighton (Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services) External: David Montagu-Smith.

Friday, 22 May 2015

Internal: Alan Menzies, Pete Ashcroft, James Chatfield (Team Leader Development Control), Matthew Sunman (Principal Development Control Officer). External: David Montagu-Smith, Tom Selkirk, Jonathan Foster.

Monday, 10 August 2015

Internal: Alan Menzies, Stephen Hunt (Planning Policy Manager), Andy Wainwright. External: David Montagu-Smith.

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Alan Menzies.

If you are dissatisfied with the above response or how your request has been handled you can ask for the Council to review this by contacting the Freedom of Information Coordinator on the above telephone number or by email on [email protected] within 6 weeks of this letter which is 18 January 2016.

A senior manager will carry out the review within 10 working days of receipt of your request and provide a response within 20 working days. It will provide a fair and thorough review of the decisions taken and where necessary how your request has been handled. If you are not content with the outcome of the review you can apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the Council’s review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House, Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate number) Fax: 01625 524 510 Alternatively email: [email protected].

Yours sincerely

for the Interim Director of Corporate Resources