Drone Scene Updates - March 2024

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It says that no requests were made to my council (Rhondda Cynon Taf) by Grey Arrows Drone Club.

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Thanks for the heads up Stephen @MrSpongeHead

Less than 7 minutes after being made aware of the fact, we’ve now corrected it for you :smiley:

You can follow the progress at: Freedom of Information Request: Byelaws and Policies on Recreational Use of Drones - a Freedom of Information request to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

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Amazing :smile: :+1:

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Would there be a reason the link from the Drone Scene map doesn’t take you to the same page as the link above. It still shows as no request made when following the Drone Scene link?

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/grey_arrows_drone_club?utf8=✓&request_latest_status=&commit=Search+contributions+by+this+person&user_query=rhondda+cynon+taf

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Good question…

I can see their FOIs here (including the one we just submitted):

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But I can’t find it when searching:

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:thinking:

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Getting similar response for Swansea and Carmarthenshire :thinking:

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Maybe this

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Thanks John, I submitted 379x Freedom of Information requests, it’s entirely possible I missed a couple :blush:

I’ll get these ones sent in tomorrow :+1:t2:

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No rush - they’re all on holiday :man_shrugging: :rofl:

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For the next 6 weeks, then they are on holiday for 6 weeks :joy:

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That is so close to the truth its not funny :crazy_face: :joy:

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John, I’ve opened a support ticket with “What do they know” because I did submit FOI requests for both Swansea and Carmarthenshire - but for whatever reason they’re not showing up in a search on their web site.

For manual reference in the short term, until they get back to me, here are the two in question.

Swansea Council: Freedom of Information Request: Byelaws and Policies on Recreational Use of Drones - a Freedom of Information request to Swansea Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

Carmarthenshire County Council: Freedom of Information Request: Byelaws and Policies on Recreational Use of Drones - a Freedom of Information request to Carmarthenshire County Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

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Many thanks Rich @PingSpike :+1:

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Amazing work, clearly a substantial amount of effort and time has gone into this update. Many thanks indeed :+1:

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Great work going on behind the scenes by you all to keep us up to date on Drone Scene. Well done and thank you.

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3 posts were merged into an existing topic: Drone Scene Updates - October 2024

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@PingSpike - Hi, I was intrigued by the answers given by Buckinghamshire County Council, and so in November 2024 I sent in a FOI request to see what answers I would get to exactly the same questions that you posed. Today I received a response to my request which appears to be somewhat different to what they answered back in March/April (to the original FOI request). How best to share the 3 x PDF documents sent to me for your comments/input?

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You could tack it on to the end of the main thread Steve @R3SKT thanks :slight_smile:

This one: