I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding certain endangered buildings located within your jurisdiction.
Please find below a detailed outline of the information I seek in relation to the council’s handling of heritage buildings at risk at large, and specifically the following building: Royal Mausoleum, The Home Park (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/49464).
The data I wish to get is between 2020 and the most recent date for which data is available. Please could you provide the following for each building mentioned:
1. Workforce
• A year-by-year breakdown of the workforce working in the department/team responsible for issuing and enforcing notices (e.g. urgent works, repairs, Section 215), as well as doing the ongoing work required to stay on top of listed buildings at risk which are under the council’s jurisdiction.
• To get a sense of their workload, please provide a short explanation of the department/team roles and responsibilities, including but not limited to the listed buildings.
2. Decision-Making and Consultations
• A list of any third-party organisations/companies consulted (e.g. Historic England, SAVE Britain’s Heritage, the Victorian Society).
• Any related correspondence, formal advice, or summary notes shared with or received from these bodies.
• If available and held, council records such as meeting minutes, reports, or memos relating to decisions made about the Royal Mausoleum.
• If these are already published, and the council applies Section 21, please direct me to where I can access them.
3. Reports and Assessments
• Copies of any condition surveys, structural assessments, viability studies, or risk assessments conducted for the Royal Mausoleum.
4. Budgets and Expenditure
• Details of any budgets allocated, funds spent, or financial assistance provided (either directly by the council or through external grants/donations administered by the council) for maintenance, protection, redevelopment, or marketing of the Royal Mausoleum, broken down by year.
• If funds from any source have been spent on the Royal Mausoleum, please provide the following details:
o The amount spent
o The funding source (e.g. specific grant, donor, council funds)
o The intended outcome
o Any conditions attached to external funding
5. Notices
• What notices were issued regarding these building, if any?
• If issued, when?
• If issued, what enforcement steps were taken to ensure compliance?
6. Future Plans
• Please provide any draft or final council-held documents (and the documents’ date) outlining plans for disposal, sale, redevelopment, restoration, or reuse of the building(s). This includes strategies, consultation papers, or formal agreements.
7. Ownership
• According to Historic England, the crown owns the site. Please elaborate which body/organisation is in charge of these sites on behalf of the crown (e.g the council, the crown estate, etc).
• If you believe Section 21 applies, please confirm whether the council holds this information and kindly provide a direct link where I can accessed the information.
Format
I would prefer the information to be provided in an Excel or CSV spreadsheet where possible, with documents supplied as PDFs.
If necessary, due to cost limit or other exemptions, please provide a summary rather than full documents.
If some of the requested documents are publicly available, please provide direct links to locate them.
Priority
If this request is likely to exceed the appropriate cost limit, please prioritise the response in the following order:
1. Notices
2. Decision-Making and Consultations
3. Ownership
4. Workforce (omit year-by-year breakdown; provide only current staffing and a short summary of the team’s responsibilities)
5. Future Plans
6. Reports and Assessments
7. Budgets and Expenditure
FOI001692 EIR Conservation
Short Description
Endangered Buildings
Reference number
FOI001692
Date
16/05/2025
Request