Somerset Direct Reference: Not applicable Internal Reference: 1970 Date request received: 28/10/2013 Date clarification requested: 19/11/2013 Date clarification received: 27/11/2013 Date response due: 27/12/2013 Date of response: 24/12/2013
Dear xxxx
I am writing in respect of your recent request for information from Somerset County Council, which has been dealt with under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that we hold some of the information that you are seeking and we are able to provide what we do hold to you.
Our response is detailed in bold format underneath your request as follows.
Your request
Please forward all details of any vacant land that Somerset County Council has ownership of.
Following our request for clarification you confirmed that you require information about any land owned by Somerset County Council that is vacant, un-used, empty, currently not being used, has no use etc from anysize at all. It may or may not have un-used or derelict buildings/gravel stores/paths/quarries or tips
Our response
The following list of properties and land has been compiled from Somerset County Council records and to the best of our knowledge is true as of the 1 st December 2013. It features only properties and land solely owned by Somerset County Council and by definition of ‘vacant, un-used, empty, currently not being used, has no use’ is exclusive of adopted highways and paths, amenity land and county farms managed land and properties. The list includes but does not identify land and properties currently under negotiation or agreement for re-use.
Property Ref Name Address 1 Town E4/E349/E Former Youth & Community Centre Tangier Taunton P3/C303/E/41 Norton Fitzwarren Ponds (WSRL) Norton Fitzwarr H4/A606/E Woodland walk Bishops Lydeard Taunton P1/E101/E/12 Canal Side Car park Creech St Michael E4/A801/E Former Burrowbridge Primary School Burrowbridge Bridgwater P4/D301/E Former Gypsy Site Otterford Taunton W5/N701 Land at Moor Lane Wincanton H5/H805/E Land at Wick Moor Curry Rivel Former Kingsdown Primary School E5/G901/E Playing Field Kingsdon Somerton Former Binegar Primary School E2/A601 Playing Field Gurney Slade Radstock H5/C101/E Lydmarsh Chipping Store Goldenhaye Lane Chaffcombe Former Footway Improvements Land H5/G404/E at works Cad Green to Wyndham Arms Ilton Yeovil L5/L803 Land at the rear of 14 West Street West Street Somerton S1/A803 Northgate Site (Part Vacant) Bridgwater H1/B316/E/ Former Highway Depot Worston Lane Burnham on Sea H1/D304/E Loxley Woods Chipping Store Loxley Woods Ashcott H1/D902/E Nether Stowey By-pass Nether Stowey Bridgwater P1/E101E/09 Maunsel Lock Car park North Petherton Taunton Canal S1/A846/E/02 4 Wembdon Rise Wembdon Bridgwater Land adjacent Crossways Car Park, H1/E118/E Marsh Lane Huntworth Bridgwater A2/D202/ Millennium Woodland Stoke St Michael S2/C311/E/01 Whitewell House 54 Whitwell rd Frome H3/E105/E Westwood woodland West Quantoxhead P3/C303/E/20 Stogumber Station Woodlands (WSRL) Stogumber P3/C303/E/20 Turks Castle Camp (WSRL) Merways Knapp or Village Farm H3/C809/E Washford Bicknoller H3/B601 Land at Shetters Pool Exe Valley rd Exton Land adjacent to A396 o cowbridge H3/D707/E tiberscombe Cowbridge Tiberscombe S3/E303/E Croft House North Croft Williton L4/E314/E Unit 9 Apple Business Centre Frobisher way Taunton
If you feel your request has not been answered in sufficient detail or if you wish to clarify the information given, please contact me and I will be happy to address the issues you raise.
If you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt with, or the information you have received, you can ask for an internal review of our decision.
Please send your request to:
Peter Grogan, Information Governance Team, Client Services Somerset County Council, County Hall, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY or email [email protected]
Please quote the reference number 1970 in any future communications.
An internal review will then be carried out and we will write to you with the results of our investigation. If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office ( www.ico.gov.uk ) for an appeal. The Information commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF Tel: 0303 123 1113
Finally, please be aware that your response will appear, without your contact details, on the Council’s website at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/disclosurelog
Yours sincerely,
FOI/EIR Co-ordinator