3774 Foi/Eir

OUR REF: 3774 FOI/EIR

ASK FOR: Tony Earl

th DATE: 24 June 2015

YOUR REF:

Wealden District Council, Sent by email to PO Box 49, Josh Gibbens @: Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2AZ request-271814- T 01323 443322 F 01323 443349 [email protected] Minicom 01323 443331 E [email protected]

www.wealden Customer Services

Dear Mr Gibbens,

Re: 3774 FOI/EIR – Outcome of the Internal Review

I am writing in response to your request for an internal review in your email of 17/06/2015 of the response / information provided to you on same under Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

Your request for an internal review

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Wealden District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Section 106 Funding/Uckfield Town Centre Regeneration Project/Consultant Fees'.

Further to our phone call today I'm requesting an internal review. Could you please clarify your figures as this appears to only cover the money from "Linden Wates Homes Ltd", I've figures from the following developments that appear not to have been included:

The breakdown of the monies allocated so far is: • Grampian, Five Ash Down - £230,948.37 • Eastbourne Road – £ 1,716,339.49 (Figure included as part of first answer ) • Park Farm, Maresfield – £246,511.02 • Great Totease Farm, Buxted - £9,887.84 • Sandpits, Uckfield - £306,417.46 Source: TCR Project- 26 Feb 2015- https://www.facebook.com/pages/TCR- project/1577870625777808?fref=ts

The relevant legal agreements are the following to the best of my knowledge:

1

Grampian- WD-2007-1075-MAO/WD-2008-2906-MAO Eastbourne Road- WD-2006-2908-MAO Park Farm- WD-2007-0526-MAO Sandpits- WD-2006-2269-MAO

Response by Wealden District Council (WDC) – internal review

The internal review was conducted by Roger Bates Administration & Technology Manager at WDC. The reviewer has used the mechanism of the Council’s complaints procedure but has applied the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations legislation and Codes of Practice to his decision. This is his response:

“Thank you for your email. I (Roger Bates) have undertaken a review of the Council’s response to your request for information under the FOI Act /EIR and I wish to apologise that we did only send part of the picture. This is the full answer to information requested in question 1.

Grampian, Five Ash Down (LA/2007/0003) - £230,948.37

Eastbourne Road (LA/2007/0001) – £ 1,716,339.49

Park Farm, Maresfield (LA/2007/0006) – £246,511.02

Great Totease Farm, Buxted (LA/2010/0009) - £9,887.84

Sandpits, Uckfield (LA/2006/0010) - £306,417.46

PLUS

Eastbourne Road (LA/2007/0001) – £ 77,000.00 for ANPR cameras

Total £2,510,104.18 (£2,587,104.18 including ANPR Cameras)

I rely on an exemption contained in section 21 of the FOIA 2000 not to provide further information of each agreement and associated planning reference because it is reasonably available and assessable on the Council’s website on the S106 monitoring page: http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Wealden/Planning_and_Building_Control/Planning_Development_M anagement/Legal_Agreements/Planning_Legal_Agreements.aspx

Please accept my apologies once again for the error”.

I hope that you are content with the outcome of the internal review and please do not hesitate to contact Customer Relations again if we can be any more assistance, but if you are not content with this review response you 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

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Tony Earl

Wealden Customer Relations

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