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The following are Freedom of Information requests under the Freedom of Information Act based on information held by both you and I. 

I have obtained all documentation and detail of communication from Portsmouth City Council between it and you from 22 August 2007, Portsmouth City Council assures me that I now have all information available. You and I are in possession of that information, and therefore confidentiality cannot be an issue under either articles 32 or 44 of the 1974 Local Government Act, for you not providing me with the information requested. Should there be any further information, then Portsmouth City Council has lied to me, and as a consequence, has committed a criminal act under the Freedom of Information Act. 

1. Why was the 'Draft Key Facts' report sent to both me and the Council, drafted in the format of a formal Local Government Ombudsman maladministration report? 

2. Why did your Assistant Ombudsman say in her letter of 22 August 2007 to Portsmouth City Council that 'the Ombudsman always welcomes attempts to settle complaints locally, even at this late stage. Please let me know if you feel that this might be possible in this case.' If there is no 'maladministration with injustice' why should Portsmouth City Council be asked to settle by the Ombudsman? 

3. Why also in the same letter referred to in 2 above did she say 'If you would like us to email you a copy of our press release on the final report…?'You only issue press releases for situations where you find for the complainant that they have suffered 'maladministration with injustice?' 

4.  Following on from 1 to 3 above why have you, the Ombudsman, rejected the obvious findings of both your Investigator Mr Miles and Assistant Ombudsman Ms Jones and attempted to cover up the situation on behalf of the Council to the detriment of us complainants and our Human Rights? 

5. Why have you provisionally found 'no maladministration causing injustice, by the Council when your own Investigator Mr Miles told me himself that the Council's  response to our complaint was 'very light.'

6. Mr Miles in his email of Thursday, March 15 2007 5:38 PM., refers to a query by me about work commencing on the site before your investigation is complete. He states 'I will take into account anything that has most recently occurred when I carry out my interviews.' Why has this not been reflected in your provisional report? 

7. When Mr Miles asked the Council (Carol Cunningham)(Email 06 December 2007 17:59) for photographs of the completed development and she refused, why was this not followed up? Why were we the complainants not asked to provide these photographs? 

Now with regards to your provisional report and the fact that on your own website you state 'we always provide reasons for our decisions fully.' 

1. Why have you ignored the evidence provided by us at Enclosure 1 to our complaint on the relevant highlighted sections of the BRE Good Practice Guide on light that is entirely relevant to our complaint? 

2.  In Paragraph 12,explain the 'reasons fully' why you have reached this conclusion? 

3. In paragraph 13, why have you made this statement when they did not have access to our light report and the planning officer made no comments about the applicability of the scheme vis a vis the 1994 inspector's report in his written brief to committee? 

4. In Paragraph 14, why have you ignored the most significant aspects of the Inspector's report namely: Loss of light. Turning the corner over the whole expanse of the site. Overwhelming sense of enclosure? 

5.In Paragraph 15, what are your conclusions about these vague and inaccurate statements. 

6. In Paragraph 16, what are your conclusions about these statements? 

7. In Paragraph 17, why have you omitted the statement from the Council's own light report that 'winter sunshine levels cannot be met' and omitted any reference whatsoever to winter sunshine when this is the key issue? 

8. In Paragraph 18, what are your conclusions from these vague statements? 

9. In Paragraph 19, why have you made these statements? The council nor the officer concerned have never denied that he said, in both the 1995 permission and 1998 renewal, that the 'BRE guidelines on light have been met,' We have told you that we will provide affidavits to this effect, why have you not asked for them? The Elected Members have agreed with the key facts as has the Council, this is one of the key facts. Additionally they only looked at one window. Please explain in full how given the foregoing facts and the Council's and our own light reports you can make the statement 'I have not found evidence that Council's officers gave misleading or inaccurate information to members about the impact of the development on the sunlight and daylight available…..'   

10. Paragraph 20, This is a totally vague statement. Provide a conclusion based on evidence already provided about whether or not the former Chief Executive lied to you when he said that the window of 'No19 was a worst case scenario' and that' the BRE guidelines on light had been met?' 

11. Provide evidence that the Council took into account our 'consultant's assessments when it reached its conclusions on the acceptability of the development proposed in 2005?'

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