FOI Responses
All FOI responses answered by this Council are listed here – responses are redacted.
| Date Received | Topic | Days to Respond and officer hours | Response |
| 06-05-21 | Please provide the constitution of the Parish Council | More information requested response due 2nd June | |
| 05-05-21 | With regards the Smallford Residents Association, ultra-vires payments, provide information on Tennyson Insurance, what insurance the payment was for, when it was made and for how much?
With regard to the Video filming expenditure, how much was the payment, who signed it off and to whom was the payment made? Lastly and with regard to the Insurance payment to CHPC from Zurich Insurance – What was the payment for, how much was claimed and why was a lower amount accepted? |
Response due 1st June | |
| 28-04-21 | Questions on 07/06/2017 Audit letter | 2 days to respond
1.75 officer hours |
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| 27-04-21 | With reference to the Report in the Public Interest concerning the Parish Council’s governance and ultra-vires payments April 2004 – July 2015, for the Scout & Guide Association, please can you provide the details including the dates, amounts and evidence of the payments. | Response due by 25th May | |
| 23-04-21 | Several questions on the Scout Group, personal relationships of mediator, guarantees of works to be done, how many people will it benefit and what else could be done with the building for the whole community | Response due by 24th May | |
| 22-04-21 | In the documents related to the “Report in the Public Interest” you list the councillors and chairman during the previous years. Are you also able to tell me the name of the persons who chaired the Finance Committee over the period 2004 to 2016? | 1 day to respond
1 officer hour |
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| 20-04-21 | Cost of Parish Council Office and why it is not sold, Why is the office in Colney Heath and how much does it cost, How many Councillors actually live in Colney Heath | 2 days to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 16-04-21 | Questions on Warren Farm Track, Roestock Park gates, Playground equipment funding, play equipment reports and GB Spring Clean15 | 15 days to respond
4.25 hours to respond |
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| 01-04-21 | Please advise a. Is the Council continuing with mediation? and b. If not whether the decision has been made with the agreement of all Councillors? and, if not, by whom and on what authority? c. Prior to the Council issuing proceedings what mediation was conducted on the money claim |
9 days to respond
5 officer hours |
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| 01-04-21 | Please provide evidence when the key to the office was issued to the Colney Heath Village Hall |
9 days to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 01-04-21 | Please provide evidence of the “Court Action” attempted in 2010, 2017 and the s.25 notice issued in 2021 | 9 days to respond
4 officer hours |
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| 18-03-21 | Request for reasons Precept 21/22 has increased | 19 days to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 26-02-21 | Fidelity Claim – further questions related to response sent 25th February 2021 | 38 days to respond
7 officer hours |
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| 19-02-21 | Fidelity Claim forensic investigator report and action taken since | 5 days to respond
1 officer hour |
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| 19-11-20 | Meetings attended and emails received from District Councillor | 3 days to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 02-11-20 | Quote Parish E-News which stated that previous Chairman of Council did not write the Chairman Statement in the recent Parish Council newsletter. Who wrote the article and why was it not made clear it was written by someone else? | 7 days to respond
1 officer hour |
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| 28-10-20 | Questions on Neighbourhood Plan – History to date, approval and costs | 40 days to respond
19 officer hours |
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| 19-Oct-20 | Questions on CHPC Accounts and Asset register items | 18 days to respond
2.5 officer hours |
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| 14-Oct-20 | Questions on CHPC Newsletter Edition 1 – distribution number, circulation type cost and number, and finalisation of content | 19 days to respond
2 office hours |
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| 28-Sep-20 | Councillor resignation, Colney Heath ward by-election and viewing of Council accounts 19/20 | 1 day to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 10-Aug-20 | Facebook commenting switched off on the Parish Council pages | 1 day to respond
1 officer hour |
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| 24-Jul-20 | Multiple questions on the acquisition and subsequent purchase of the land known locally as 4 Horseshoe Field also referred to as Oaklands field or title HD519567 | 44 days to respond
24 officer hours |
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| 16-Jul-20 | a copy of all Parish Council minutes for calendar years 1997-2008 inclusive | 18 days to respond
8 officer hours |
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| 10-Jul-20 | details of payment noted in Section 8 of the IA report for accounts of 2017/18 and to note the name of the Chairman | 19 days to respond
2 officer hours |
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| 08-Jul-20 | details of any meetings held between Parish Councillors either individually or in a group outside of a Council meeting held with land developers between 2015 and 2020, noting the date, location and information on the matters discussed | 20 days to respond
3.75 officer hours |
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| 29-Jun-20 | a copy of the Village Hall Council’s letter dated 8th September 2001 referenced in solicitor correspondence dated 11 December 2017 | 10 days to respond
3 officer hours |
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| 28-May-20 | To provide details on how much Parish Council money was spent defending the planning applications responses and appeals over the years from first application to final decision on the property known as Nuckies Farm | 40 days to respond
17 officer hours |
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| 28-Jan-20 | Parish Council legal fees and expenditure including detailed information for years 2014/5, 2015/6, 2016/7, 2017/18, 2018/19 – narrowed under section 12 limits. 2016/17 – 2019/20 provided as appendix (25/02/2020) | 19 then 10 days to respond from narrowing | Click here to download the response |
| 26-Jan-20 | Request for information on relationship between Parish Council and the editor of the Parish E-News | 2 | Click here to download the response |
| 20-Jan-20 | Request for information on Roestock Hut correspondence, legal, Girl Guiding letter and S25 notice date | 16 | Click here to download the response |
| 16-Jan-20 | Asset List – Request for information on Roestock Hut and park signs | 18 | Click here to download the response |
| 17-Dec-19 | Roestock Hut – Request for minutes, building report and finance data | 10 | Response |
| 02-Dec-19 | Comparison of expenditure 2017/18 and 2018/19 | 7 | Response |
| 14-Nov-19 | Questions relating to CHPC asset Roestock Hut | 19 | Response |
| 4-Nov-19 | Questions relating to CHPC funding and Cllr involvement at Charles Morris Hall | 20 | Response |
| 18-Oct-19 | Request for costs spent on Community Christmas Lunch December 2018 | 1 | Response |
| 04-Jul-19 | Cllr request for employee job descriptions | 16 | Response |
| 20-Jun-19 | Follow-Up re: Cllr representation and Ward representation | 13 | Response |
| 17-Jun-19 | Colney Heath Village Parish Office staff attendance and costs | 29 | Response |
| 13-Jun-19* | Public Question to Full Council – 13 June 2019 – CMH environment | n/a | Response |
| 13-Jun-19* | Public Question to Full Council – 13 June 2019 – Transparency/staff support | n/a | Response |
| 21-May-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 16 May 2019 | 9 | Minutes |
| 13-May-19 | Ward representatives and makeup | 25 | Response |
| 07-May-19 | Asset Register 2015-2019 | 22 | Response |
| 27-Mar-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 21st Mar 2019 | 20 | Minutes |
| 26-Mar-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 7th Feb & 21st Mar 2019 | 19 | Minutes |
| 22-Mar-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 21st March 2019 | 21 | Minutes |
| 27-Feb-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 11 October 2018 | 1 | Minutes |
| 11-Feb-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 7th February 2019 | 1 | Minutes |
| 14-Jan-19 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 10th January 2019 | 3 | Minutes |
| 17-Aug-18 | Cllr request for Mtg recording of Full Council 19 July 2018 | 13 | Minutes |
| 08-Sep-17 | Parish Offices and Colney Heath Village Hall | 24 | Response |
| 11-Sep-16 | Income from Highfield Estate and percentage of total income. accounts and detailed expenditure | 34 | Response |
*public questions asked at Full Council or Committee meetings are not required to be answered and do not have a timeframe – whereas an FOI will be acknowledged and the Parish Council will use all best endeavours to answer questions within 20 working days of the first working day/date received by the Clerk of the Council. If this cannot be met for any reason a further response will be sent acknowledging any delay and giving a further date for response.