If there is nothing to Hide Leicester City Council, then just release the documents UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION request. It's SIMPLE
Response From Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
This is the response, I got from my local MP after she wrote to Leicester City Council on my behalf. Leicester City Council Head of Traffic responded to her, see the attached scanned letter.
If there is nothing to Hide Leicester City Council, then just release the documents UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION request. It's SIMPLE
If there is nothing to Hide Leicester City Council, then just release the documents UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION request. It's SIMPLE
Freedom of Information Appeal
I made an appeal to Leicester City Council over there refusal to release certain information I requested.
See previous posts
Spoke to Goverance to today , they said I should have a response by the end of next week. 16th October 2009
-- Posted from my iPhone
Vaughan
See previous posts
Spoke to Goverance to today , they said I should have a response by the end of next week. 16th October 2009
-- Posted from my iPhone
Vaughan
Letter to Mr Broster
I wrote a letter to Mr Broster who originally dealt with my stage 2 complaint, and I got a response not from Mr Broster as apparently he was on holiday, so Mr Thomas wrote to me.
Interesting
Dear Mr. Broster
Re: Stage 2 Complaint Response
I am emailing you in relation to the letter you sent me on 27th July
of
which you responded to my informal Appeal against parking tickets
enforced
on Granby Street after a recent Newspaper Article in the Leicester
Mercury,
this was a stage 2 complaint.
In your letter you have responded after speaking to Andrew Thomas the
following and I quote ³ The City Council had already decided to renew
the
lining of parking bays around the city prior to recent publicity
concerning
and incorrectly lined bay on Belvoir Street. ³
If that is the case why was a bay on Granby Street , Leicester, with
Double
Yellow lines and faded not part of the renew, this bay is situated in
between two parking bays that were renewed.
After obtaining a recent Freedom of Information request that came
through
today, they said the bay was last maintained in 2006. This shows to me
that
the Double Yellow Bay was Legal and therefore did not need renewing
like the
said parking bays. I would point the following out:
The Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England & Wales)
Regulations 1996 Regulation 18(1) states:
Where an order relating to a road has been made, the order making
authority
shall take such steps as are necessary to secure:
(a) Before the order comes into force, the placing on or near the road
of
such traffic signs in such positions as the order making authority may
consider requisite for securing that adequate information as to the
effect
of the order is made available to persons using the road².
(b) The maintenance of such signs for as long as the order remains in
force.
© In a case where the order revokes, amends or alters the application
of a
previous order, the removal or replacement of existing traffic signs as
the
authority considers requisite to avoid confusion to road users by
signs
being left in the wrong positions.
Does this bay not need renewing, after all it has been 3 years
It appears to me that your colleague may have misinformed you on this
matter
to shy away from the fact that they have been proved wrong via the
newspaper
and general public and it appears that the Council is UNFAIR, INJUST
and
above all likes to mislead the public and is FRAUD in my book and maybe
the
eyes of the Law.
I look forward to your comments
You responded to me
Vaughan Cartwright
Dear Mr Cartwright
I'm emailing a reply to you because it seems Mike Broster is away. This
afternoon I've been consulting Paul Commons who works for me - I think
you have met a number of times.
As a preliminary note after Stage 2 you have the right to go to the
Ombudsman if you remain dissatisfied and nothing in this email should be
taken as trying to deny you that right.
I am sending you this note to clear up your evident confusion.
If you were to stand at the foot of Calais Hill and look straight ahead
across Granby Street you will see an area covered by double yellow
lines. This area is designed to allow lorries to turn, I understand
it's for beer deliveries. The street was designed and built long before
parking enforcement came under the jurisdiction of the City Council and
I agree that considered in the direction of traffic flow along Granby
Street the design does look like three parking bays, with the area in
front of Calais Hill looking like a parking bay.
However parking is not permitted in that turning area there at all, so
we do not consider it as a parking bay. Therefore it wasn't included in
my instructions.
As a Council we do need to renew double yellow lines and do have a
programme to do that so don't be surprised if a team re-lines the double
yellows along Granby Street- it is not related to your circumstances.
All areas of the carriageway which are marked with double yellow lines
have two exemptions with associated rules, that is, for
loading/unloading and parking with a disabled sticker. This area of the
carriageway is no exception. But that does not make it a parking bay,
any more than any other part of the carriageway is a parking bay.
I have not misinformed anyone, do not do so, and as a matter of
professional courtesy I am sure you will accept that assurance from me.
I hope that has cleared up your confusion. I look forward to your
paying the fines and charges outstanding and then the matter will be
closed.
Yours sincerely
Andy Thomas
Traffic Manager
(Head of City Development)
Let's hope that your internal communications between departments which I have requested via The Freedom of Information Act, that the City Council is trying there dam best not to allow public the documents show that you was not misleading
Interesting
My email to Mr Broster below
Dear Mr. Broster
Re: Stage 2 Complaint Response
I am emailing you in relation to the letter you sent me on 27th July
of
which you responded to my informal Appeal against parking tickets
enforced
on Granby Street after a recent Newspaper Article in the Leicester
Mercury,
this was a stage 2 complaint.
In your letter you have responded after speaking to Andrew Thomas the
following and I quote ³ The City Council had already decided to renew
the
lining of parking bays around the city prior to recent publicity
concerning
and incorrectly lined bay on Belvoir Street. ³
If that is the case why was a bay on Granby Street , Leicester, with
Double
Yellow lines and faded not part of the renew, this bay is situated in
between two parking bays that were renewed.
After obtaining a recent Freedom of Information request that came
through
today, they said the bay was last maintained in 2006. This shows to me
that
the Double Yellow Bay was Legal and therefore did not need renewing
like the
said parking bays. I would point the following out:
The Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England & Wales)
Regulations 1996 Regulation 18(1) states:
Where an order relating to a road has been made, the order making
authority
shall take such steps as are necessary to secure:
(a) Before the order comes into force, the placing on or near the road
of
such traffic signs in such positions as the order making authority may
consider requisite for securing that adequate information as to the
effect
of the order is made available to persons using the road².
(b) The maintenance of such signs for as long as the order remains in
force.
© In a case where the order revokes, amends or alters the application
of a
previous order, the removal or replacement of existing traffic signs as
the
authority considers requisite to avoid confusion to road users by
signs
being left in the wrong positions.
Does this bay not need renewing, after all it has been 3 years
It appears to me that your colleague may have misinformed you on this
matter
to shy away from the fact that they have been proved wrong via the
newspaper
and general public and it appears that the Council is UNFAIR, INJUST
and
above all likes to mislead the public and is FRAUD in my book and maybe
the
eyes of the Law.
I look forward to your comments
You responded to me
Vaughan Cartwright
Response from Mr Thomas
Dear Mr Cartwright
I'm emailing a reply to you because it seems Mike Broster is away. This
afternoon I've been consulting Paul Commons who works for me - I think
you have met a number of times.
As a preliminary note after Stage 2 you have the right to go to the
Ombudsman if you remain dissatisfied and nothing in this email should be
taken as trying to deny you that right.
I am sending you this note to clear up your evident confusion.
If you were to stand at the foot of Calais Hill and look straight ahead
across Granby Street you will see an area covered by double yellow
lines. This area is designed to allow lorries to turn, I understand
it's for beer deliveries. The street was designed and built long before
parking enforcement came under the jurisdiction of the City Council and
I agree that considered in the direction of traffic flow along Granby
Street the design does look like three parking bays, with the area in
front of Calais Hill looking like a parking bay.
However parking is not permitted in that turning area there at all, so
we do not consider it as a parking bay. Therefore it wasn't included in
my instructions.
As a Council we do need to renew double yellow lines and do have a
programme to do that so don't be surprised if a team re-lines the double
yellows along Granby Street- it is not related to your circumstances.
All areas of the carriageway which are marked with double yellow lines
have two exemptions with associated rules, that is, for
loading/unloading and parking with a disabled sticker. This area of the
carriageway is no exception. But that does not make it a parking bay,
any more than any other part of the carriageway is a parking bay.
I have not misinformed anyone, do not do so, and as a matter of
professional courtesy I am sure you will accept that assurance from me.
I hope that has cleared up your confusion. I look forward to your
paying the fines and charges outstanding and then the matter will be
closed.
Yours sincerely
Andy Thomas
Traffic Manager
(Head of City Development)
My Thoughts
Let's hope that your internal communications between departments which I have requested via The Freedom of Information Act, that the City Council is trying there dam best not to allow public the documents show that you was not misleading
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP Write's Letter
On the 24th September 2009 i received a letter from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP who has now confirmed to me that she has written a letter to the Director of Development, Regeneration and Culture in Leicester City Centre.
Be interesting to see what they have to say on the matter
Be interesting to see what they have to say on the matter
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