Response 3596194

Response to request for information

Reference

3596194

Response date

17 December 2024

Request

1. How many times have this section of the Act be used to refuse to determine a 'second go' planning application.
2. How many times have the council excepted an identical design for a planning application and not refused to determine an application.

Response

I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit. 

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.

It would be a manual process to look through every application received to determine the answer to the questions below and therefore the request will need to be significantly narrowed to bring the cost of compliance within the appropriate limit.