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Section 278 and Section 38 Bonds
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I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information on all live Section 278 and Section 38 Bonds which have remained outstanding for 5+ years. I have included a template below which outlines the data we require for each site, please could you provide the data in an excel spreadsheet
• Developer
• Site Name
• Bond Execution Date
• Bond Value
• Landowner
• Planning Permission Reference
This information is exempt under FOI, this information is available by Local Land Charges and Highway Searches. We are applying Section 21 exemption (Information accessible by other means).
Information under EIR related to these services are administrated by our Local Land Charges team who are able to access the information. The Council charges for information requested under the Environmental Information Regulations - we will be reviewing the EIR fees across the Council more in depth for the next financial year. To receive a response to your requests you can resubmit to landcharges@wokingham.gov.uk including address details, with confirmation of payment, and the data will be sent to you within 20 working days A minimum fee of £25.00 per address request applies.
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