FI15999

Request

  1. How many roads in the DDC area have been named after a person (in a person’s name) including a family surname in the last 15 years?  What were these names and when done?
  2. When was Goodfellow Way in Dover named?  It was the 70’s or 80’s I think.
  3. If any proposed road names, named after person/persons proposed in the last 15 years how many were successful and how many failed?  If any failed why was this?

Response

  1. An extract of the information held electronically from 2018 is attached. I can confirm that the Council holds information earlier than 2018 but this information is held on paper files and is not readily accessible as every Street Numbering and Naming application would need to be looked at to firstly identify if it was for the naming of the street, and then we would need to look at all documentation held, if any, to see if the proposed name was after a person.  From our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with your request in full would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’.   The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2½ working days in determining whether the information is held, locating, retrieving and extracting the data. I regret therefore, that on this occasion I must refuse part of your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
  2. The Council does not hold this information.
  3. This information is not specifically recorded and as every as every Street Numbering and Naming application would need to be looked at to be able to identify if a proposed street name was after a person and whether the proposed name was successful or not.  From our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with your request in full would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’.   The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2½ working days in determining whether the information is held, locating, retrieving and extracting the data. I regret therefore, that on this occasion I must refuse this part of your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.

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