Response 1078965

Response to request for information

Reference

1078965

Response date

27 April 2023

Request

The number of planning applications in each of the last 3 years for which a bat activity survey has been requested to support the application.

Response

I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request as we do not record this information separately and would involve an officer having to look at every application we have received in the last 3 years to extract the information sought.

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.