Response 2561998

Response to request for information

Reference

2561998

Response date

24 January 2024

Request

Has your council declared a climate emergency?

Please provide a breakdown of how many projects in the following categories your council has objected to, rejected and approved over the last three years; battery storage, wind and solar.

What is the average time taken to make a decision on each of the following types of projects; battery storage, solar and wind.

Response

Has your council declared a climate emergency? Yes

Please provide a breakdown of how many projects in the following categories your council has objected to, rejected and approved over the last three years; battery storage, wind and solar.

What is the average time taken to make a decision on each of the following types of projects; battery storage, solar and wind.

I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit. This is because to provide the information requested would involve would mean a manual search through thousands of records

Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for local authorities is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2 working days in determining whether the authority holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting it. The appropriate limit is prescribed by regulation 3 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

The Council may be able to provide some information in the scope of your request if you reduce or refine your request to bring the cost of compliance under the limit.