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2014 Knowle relocation project: latest news on the FOI tribunal

Another busy period for the District Council’s project…

Questions are emerging about the viability of the District Council’s proposed move to Skypark:

Knowle relocation: the sums are not adding up | East Devon Alliance
Knowle relocation to Skypark increasingly unrealistic | Save Our Sidmouth
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: report to be considered by Council’s Scrutiny Cttee: Thursday 16th October

Meanwhile, the Freedom of Information case rumbles on:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: latest news on …… FOI request goes to tribunal … and … Knowle on the market

The latest news on this is that:

> The parties have been given until 21st November to hand in their final submissions.
> The Tribunal’s panel will then meet to deliberate and will publish their final decision in the following weeks.

Further information can be found under the ‘Information Rights’ section at:
General Regulatory Chamber

In the meantime, a fair amount of information is now available in the public domain – at the WhatDoTheyKnow website which passes on FOI requests: WhatDoTheyKnow – Make and browse Freedom of Information (FOI) requests

See specifically:

Clarification of the public consultation that took place about The Knowle relocation project – a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council – WhatDoTheyKnow

Assistance in understanding the employment status of a consultant to EDDC – a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council – WhatDoTheyKnow

David Langdon consultant’s CV – a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council – WhatDoTheyKnow

Knowle relocation – a Freedom of Information request to East Devon District Council – WhatDoTheyKnow

See also:

Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: Councillors “in the dark, as no-one within the EDDC hierarchy was telling them anything.”

Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: and the longer-term demise of district councils…… part six: “I think we will see economic groupings rather than political ones.”

Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: “Merely noting a report has no place on Scrutiny.”