Things I don't know. Freedom of Information Request

In order to complete the history of the Little Lever Action Plan and the proposals for spending the current amount of £50,000, I have sent a Freedom of Information Request to Bolton Council about the items I listed in a previous Blog where I couldn't easily find the info from the Council's Website.

These are the questions I have asked.


Information consequent of and subsequent to report EMCR/16/06 presented to Executive Member for Corporate Resources by Director of Development & Regeneration on 18th April 2006. That part of the document relating to Little Lever Town Centre.

Combined with information consequent of and subsequent to the presentation on the same subject by Mr Phil Lamb, Project Officer, Development & Regeneration Department to the Leverhulme Area Forum on 5th April 2006.

Specific information sought.

1) At what point in time, roughly speaking, did the Full Public Consultation take place, what range of methods was used for this consultation?.

2) In what way was the Draft Action plan amended in response to this consultation?

3) In what way was the Draft Action Plan modified for other reasons?

4) Please provide a list of Traders supplied with copies of the Draft Action Plan.?

5) One what date was the Draft Action Plan approved to become the Action Plan.?

6) At which Area Forums on what dates were Progress Reports provided.?

7) Subsequent to the approval and implementation of that part of report EMDR/35/07 relating to the CCTV system, what was the final invoiced cost of the installation?

8) Subsequent to the approval and implementation of report EMDR/04/08, what was the final invoiced cost of the installation.?

9) In relation to report EMDRS51/09, in which ways was the Little Lever Action Plan updated in May 2009?

10) Who, or at least which Department, was the author of the specific proposals contained in report EMDRS51/09?

11) Was any consultation with elected members or the public sought prior to the inclusion of these proposals in EMDRS51/09?

12) When and by what means is it proposed to consult with the public regarding the efficacy, desirability or cost effectiveness of the proposals in EMDRS51/09 against the Projects listed in the original Action Plan, taking into account the accelerated economic decline of the Village Centre in the last twelve months.?

The form asks for reasons why the request is being made and the following is the reason I have given

To illuminate, educate and reassure Village Centre traders (of which my wife is one) and residents and stewards of Little Lever's heritage that the spending of the current amount of £50,000 has the greatest and most direct and cost effective impact on halting the decline of trade in the Village Centre by increasing it's attractiveness and by tackling the most visible signs of dilapidation illustrated in the photographs which can be viewed online by typing 'LittleLeverBlog' (all one word) into Google.)

Paul