Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Knowle relocation project: further FOI requests

The District Council has appealed against the Information Commissioner's request that they publish the full, un-redacted report from consultants Davis Langdon, which had looked in detail at relocation:
Unredacted Minutes and Reports of Relocation Working Parties - a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

 This case is now with the Information Tribunal: case EA/2014/0072:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/tribunals/information-rights/current-cases/register-cases.pdf 

 In fact, the Davis Langdon report had not been made available to the Inspector when considering the District Council's draft Local Plan:
Knowle evidence at Inspector’s disposal is inadequate, says SOS legal representative | Save Our Sidmouth
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: latest

 Since then, two new and separate FOI requests have been made to the District Council on the issue of relocation:
Relocation from the Knowle - a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
Knowle relocation - a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

 Relocation from the Knowle…Freedom of Information request asks fundamental questions | Save Our Sidmouth
Comprehensive Freedom of Information request on Knowle relocation | Sidmouth Independent News
‘What do they know’ about Knowle relocation? | East Devon Alliance

 See also:
East Devon resident’s battle for transparency on office relocation project - Claire Wright
EDDC cannot (will not) tell us which officers make which decisions | East Devon Alliance
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4 comments:

  1. Deirdre Dee27 May 2014 at 13:28

    I've posted this to as many online blogs etc as possible. Until we all start doing this, EDDC will get away with it's secret decisions, totally undemocratic!

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    1. Jeremy Woodward28 May 2014 at 07:17

      Thanks, Deirdre.
      There'll be some more blog entries on this subject, but meanwhile, here are a couple from the East Devon Alliance:
      http://eastdevonalliance.org/2014/05/27/transparency-a-foggy-issue/
      http://eastdevonalliance.org/2014/05/27/eddc-knowle-relocation-secrecy-important-update/
      Best regards,
      Jeremy

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    2. Deirdre Dee3 June 2014 at 04:15

      Thanks for all your hard work Jeremy

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    3. Jeremy Woodward3 June 2014 at 08:41

      Thank you again, Deirdre.
      I do think it's a matter of access to information - and only then can you make informed decisions.
      It's also a matter of working with our elected representatives - but they often seem so anxious about really 'engaging' with people.
      Anyway, there's a new post on Knowle from yesterday:
      http://futuresforumvgs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/knowle-relocation-project-current.html
      Thanks again.
      Regards,
      Jeremy

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