Our Ref:         FOI-0314-2021

Thank you for your request received on 2 June 2020 asking for copies of research/residents surveys etc. relating to Cockfosters Station Development Public Consultation.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked:

Please can you provide copies of the results of research/residents surveys (both qualitative and quantitative) etc. relating to Cockfosters Station Development Public Consultation?

This will include, but not necessarily limited to:

a) Local stakeholder views, including collated views from feedback forms and post-it notes gathered at the public meeting on/around 18th June 2019
b) Local stakeholder views, including collated views from feedback forms gathered at the public meeting on/around 16th January 2020
c) Any other surveys that were carried out online, including details of the methodology, targeting, how they were gathered and a screenshot of the survey clearly showing how the survey appeared to the stakeholders (e.g. was the fact that it had been commissioned by TfL obvious?

All data should include the initial part of postcode of the respondent to show relevance (or at least the borough in which they reside) please.

In accordance with the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply the information you have requested as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information, under Section 22 of the Act.

In this instance the exemption has been applied as the information you have requested is intended for future publication. We will be submitting a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) as part of the planning application which will contain the requested information. This will be published on the London Borough of Enfield Planning Portal once the application has been validated. We hope to submit the application in the near future.

This exemption is subject to a public interest test, which requires us to assess whether the public interest in applying the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, it is considered that the public interest favours the publication of this information, in context and according to the pre-determined schedule, rather than in response to your request, to ensure the information is provided accurately and in an accessible manner.

In relation to the Facebook adverts as per example screenshot attached, please could I have details of the total amount spent?

Connected Living London (CLL), the partnership between TfL and Grainger plc, has engaged with the local community in many different ways as it has developed its plans for Cockfosters. To encourage community participation and make it accessible to people, CLL instructed Built-ID to undertake a series of polls in January 2020. To promote the polls, CLL spent £5,000 on Facebook adverts; both TfL and Grainger contributed 50% of the total expenditure. The adverts specifically targeted people who live close to the site.

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.

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Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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