Dear Mr Patton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 [/ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

REGULATIONS 2004]
INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE: 2942
Thank you for your request received on 11 January 2016.
In the first instance, the Council is required to confirm or deny whether it holds the
information you requested.
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The contracts between GL Hearn and GBC for the analysis of housing need for the
purpose of the West Surrey SHMA and the SHMA relating solely to Guildford
Borough.
Please see the attached contracts one for Guildford SHMA one for West Surrey
SHMA

The contracts between J Gardner consulting and GBC for the purposes of the same
analysis and SHMAs
Guildford Borough Council only hold contract with GL Hearn, please see the attached
contract.

The terms of business which GLH and JGC have agreed if not set out in the
contracts
Their quotation includes some commentary about their partnership

The scenario testing undertaken by GBC of the housing need figures produced by J
Gardner Consulting
We do not hold this information

The legal advice which GBC has taken regarding whether it holds a copy of the J
Gardner Consulting model
We do not hold this information

A copy of the J Gardner housing need model used for the West Surrey SHMA
including all its assumptions and arithmetic
We do not hold this information.

The GBC audit of the JGC housing model.

We do not hold this information.

This request is partially exempt under the Data Protection Act 1998 Regulation 13(1) & (2)(a)
(i), personal data is exempt from disclosure as the disclosure would breach data protection
principles.
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Yours sincerely
Sarah-Jane Willmott
Development Management Support Team Leader
Planning Services
Telephone: 01483 444608
www.guildford.gov.uk
Guildford Borough Council
Millmead House
Guildford
Surrey GU2 4BB