Bellozanne waste covenant (FOI)

Request

A

Please can you tell me how much has been spent by the parish of St Helier challenging the Infrastructure Department’s decision to end the Bellozanne waste covenant?

B

Please can you provide me with a breakdown of all costs for this?

C

I understand that the parish is due to appeal a Royal Court decision (made 2nd September 2016) to go ahead with the abolition of the covenant. Please can you tell me what the expected cost of doing this is?

D

How much extra income does the Infrastructure Department expect to receive by getting rid of the covenant?

Response

A, B and C

The information you have requested is not held by the States of Jersey. It may be held by the parishes and so you might wish to send your information request in writing to the parishes FOI team.

Visit the Parish FOI website

D

This work is ongoing. No figures have yet been calculated and so it is not possible to give a definitive response. Any information held is also exempt under Article 35 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Exemptions applied

Article 35 - Formulation and development of policies

Information is qualified exempt information if it relates to the formulation or development of any proposed policy by a public authority.

This exemption is a qualified exemption and therefore subject to a public interest test.

It is not in the public interest to release information until such time figures have been calculated and agreement reached.