List of Addresses (FOI241287)

List of Addresses

Request for information - Ref no: FOI241287

January 17, 2025

Information request

We received your request on 7 December 2024.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

A copy of your request is set out in the extract below:

“Requesting a list of all addresses in waltham forest that have the door number 55.”

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does hold the information you have requested. However, we are unable to comply with your request and provide the information as we consider the information to be exempt from disclosure under section 21(1) of the FOIA (Information accessible to the applicant by other means), as explained below.

Section 21 (Information accessible to the applicant by other means)

Section 21 provides for an exemption where the information requested is reasonably accessible to the requester by other means. We consider this exemption applies since the requested information is captured in OS’s AddressBase Core product. You can obtain the requested information by contacting one of our Licensed Partners and where appropriate paying the relevant fee. Section 21(2)(a) states that information may be regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment.

This is an absolute exemption and therefore not subject to the public interest test.

Advice and Assistance

Under the duty to provide information and assistance in accordance with section 16 of FOIA, we can provide the following information which details further how you can obtain the information you have requested:

Our Licensed Partners and their contact details are listed on our website on our Find a business partner page. On this page under “What product?”, if you select “AddressBase Core” under “Addressing and location”, you will be shown a list of relevant Licensed Partners who would be best placed to deal with your request and will be able to confirm any costs involved.

Please note in addition to section 21 of the FOIA we also consider the information to be exempt under section 43(2) (commercial interests) however, we have not relied on this exemption in this response.

All information requests

See our previous responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

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