Information regarding Balcony Collapse at 598 Castle St., Dunedin North.

David Robert Searle made this Official Information request to Dunedin City Council

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Dunedin City Council should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: David Robert Searle

Dear Dunedin City Council,

Please post to David Searle, Manono, 84 London St. City Rise, Dunedin 9016, the following documentation that applies to the Balcony Collapse, on the 4th of March, 2016, at 598 Castle St., Dunedin North:

1. The Building Consent with drawings and specification that relate directly to the balconies.
2. If there is one, the engineers certificate relating to the balconies.
3. Details of all inspections, the inspectors names, notes and signatures relating to the balconies.
4. Any notices to rectify, relating to the balconies.
5. The Code Compliance Certificate.
6. The Chief Inspector's report, subsequent to the Balcony Collapse.
7. The independent structural engineer's reports subsequent to the Balcony Collapse.

Yours faithfully,

David Robert Searle

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From: Arlene Goss
Dunedin City Council


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David Robert Searle <[FOI #4441 email]>

 

Dear Mr Searle,

 

Official information request for: BALCONY COLLAPSE 598 CASTLE ST documents

 

Reference Number: 261037

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request
dated 15-August-2016 for BALCONY COLLAPSE 598 CASTLE ST documents.

 

We received your request on 15-August-2016. We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
12-September-2016, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Can you please clarify question 6 where you request "The Chief Inspector's
Report". Are you referring to a police report or a council report?

 

Your request is being handled by Arlene Goss. If you have any queries,
please feel free to contact Arlene Goss on 03 477 4000. If any additional
factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Arlene Goss

 

Arlene Goss

Governance Support Officer

Dunedin City Council

 

50 The Octagon, Dunedin; P O Box 5045, Moray Place, Dunedin 9058, New
Zealand

Telephone:  03 477 4000

Email: [email address]

 

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From: David Robert Searle

Dear Arlene Goss,

You asked me to clarify item 6, 'Chief inspector's report'.

In March 2016, I heard Dunedin's Mayor, David Cull, on Radio New Zealand National, declare that his Chief Building Inspector ( I assumed this to be Neil McLeod) went to the site of the balcony collapse at 598 Castle St., on the Sunday morning following the collapse, and declared the balcony compliant. I also assume that Neil McLeod wrote an official report about this visit and everything related to the balcony's collapse. It is this report that I am interested in reading. Presumably this is the Council's report that you refer to.

Yours sincerely,

David Robert Searle

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From: Arlene Goss
Dunedin City Council

Thanks for the clarification.

Arlene Goss
Governance Support Officer
Dunedin City Council

50 The Octagon, Dunedin; P O Box 5045, Moray Place, Dunedin 9058, New Zealand
Telephone: 03 477 4000
Email: [email address]

 
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From: David Robert Searle

Dear Arlene Goss,

Your wishing me to clarify, whether, by 'Chief Inspector' I meant police or council has further interested me in Police Commander Jason Guthrie and his report on the Balcony Collapse, as he has been the recipient of many, if not all of my emails, surrounding the balcony collapse, at 598 Castle St. He trusts the Authorities, I do not.
So, please add Police Commander Jason Guthrie's report on the Balcony Collapse at 598 Castle St. to my list of requests.

Yours sincerely,

David Robert Searle

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From: Arlene Goss
Dunedin City Council


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Please see attached letters regarding the transfer of an official
information request for a police report on the balcony collapse at 598
Castle Street, Dunedin.

 

 

Arlene Goss

Governance Support Officer

Dunedin City Council

 

50 The Octagon, Dunedin; P O Box 5045, Moray Place, Dunedin 9058, New
Zealand

Telephone:  03 477 4000

Email: [email address]

 

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From: David Robert Searle

Dear Arlene Goss,

Information regarding Balcony Collapse at 598 Castle St., Dunedin North.

By law, the authority should normally have responded promptly and by September 12, 2016.

Yours sincerely,

David Robert Searle

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