FOI disclosure log

Message from Hackney Council

27 November 2019

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Dear ***** *****

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received 8 November 2018. Your request has been considered and our response is in bold below.

Details of request

I am currently undertaking a research project at Newcastle University into the prevalence of basement extensions to residential properties across all the London boroughs. I am looking to record all the basement extensions that were approved planning permission between 1st January 2008 - 31st December 2019 in the Borough.

I appreciate that some within the Borough may be approved from the date of this request till the end of the year, so in the meantime would like to request details relating to planning applications that were approved for residential basement extensions to date since 1st January 2008.
Due to the nature of Hackney"s planning search portal, it is not possible to filter applications by approval (or refusal) and that filtering application by key word also does not give effective results. I would therefore greatly appreciate if you would be able to collate all the approved basement applications at the Borough during the said period onto a spreadsheet, information on application reference, address, proposal description and approval date would be sufficient.

 

The Council"s Response

The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. This is an absolute exemption. 

 

In this instance, the information is available using the below link where you can use the search function to search under application type, development description, applicants name, decision date, and date range. Here you can find details of basement applications. http://planning.hackney.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/generalsearch.aspx

Appeals & Complaints Procedure

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please write to the Information Management Team and this will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

Information Management Team - Governance

London Borough of Hackney

Hackney Service Centre

1 Hillman Street

London E8 1DY

[email protected]

 

Your request for an internal review should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this response. Any such request received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the Council.

 

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at the contact details provided below.

 

Information Commissioner"s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 

Telephone: 01625 545 700

www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Management Team

London Borough of Hackney