Request for surveying and geospatial activities

Reference: 24032

Date Added: Monday, March 10, 2025

Category: Miscellaneous

Disclosure Details

Thank you for your email.

Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is partly held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.

You requested the following information:

  1. What are the biggest challenges your organisation currently faces in surveying and geospatial activity?

 

  1. Are you confident in your full knowledge of the condition and knowledge of your impact on our local environment?

 

  1. What are your organisation’s key strategic objectives for the next 12-24 months, and how does surveying and geospatial fit into these?

 

  1. Please detail any planned development of sites or assets

 

  1. Do you have a supplier for drainage mapping and surveying?

 

  1. If so, please can you supply details of the contractual arrangements in place including date of award, details of any Framework used or link to the advertisement, contract value and duration

 

  1. If not, please can you indicate what evaluation of the requirement for surveying and geospatial works have been undertaken?

 

  1. Please share your planned procurement pipeline for surveying and geospatial works for the next 12 months

 

  1. How do you engage with potential new suppliers—through open tenders, direct engagement, or supplier days?

 

  1. Please can you confirm the individual responsible for managing your surveying and geospatial contracts or wider development contracts and provide their contact details and role title?

 

  1. Please provide a list of frameworks that you procure related services through

 

  1. Do you plan to repurpose any sites for renewable energy or solar farms?

 

  1. Do you have any issues with subsidence in your properties? If so, where?

 

  1. When developing/purchasing/selling a site, how do you verify that the boundaries are correct?

 

We have refused your request under Section 22 of the freedom of Information Act (Section 22 provides an exemption for information that is intended to be published in the future) as The Police, Crime and Justice Plan, that sets out the strategic objectives, will be published within the next month.

As Section 22 is a qualified exemption we are required to consider the public interest test when responding to your request.  Having weighed up releasing the information requested, based on the grounds that the plan is not yet finalised we do not want to provide an incomplete plan.  The final plan is expected to be published by the end of March 2025.  Therefore, the exemption is met and that this information will not currently be released.  Once it is finalised this information will be made publicly available by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner on their website.

Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we have a duty to assist you in relation to your request, with this in mind it is suggested that you may wish to contact Gwent Police for the information using the following link: Request information about the police | Gwent Police as they manage estates and procurement work on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.

You have the right to appeal our decision if you think it is incorrect. Should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website:

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner is an independent regulator whose details can be found using the following link https://ico.org.uk/

You can also write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

Swyddog Llywodraethu | Governance Officer

                           

Swyddfa Comisynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu Gwent |Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent

Pencadlys yr Heddlu | Police Headquarters | Llantarnam Parkway | Llantarnam | NP44 3FW