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FOI request (FOIR-122591607)
Council use of Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Requested Tue 04 June 2019
Responded Tue 25 June 2019The questions relate to the Local Authority's use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
1) Does the Council have a policy and/or strategy to benefit from drone/UAV based services?
2) Is the Council (or an associated arm's length organisation) licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority to deliver drone/UAV services?
3) If so, please can you confirm the scope of services being provided by the Council/arm's length organisation?
4) Has the Council ever procured drone/UAV services from a third party?
5) If so, please can you confirm the scope of the services and details of the 3rd parties who provided the services?
6) Please can you confirm the name and role of the lead officer with responsibility for policy and strategy relating to the Council's use of drones/UAVs?
Response
The questions relate to the Local Authority's use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Q1 - Hastings Borough Council (HBC) does not have a policy and/or strategy to benefit from drone/UAV's based services.
Q2 - HBC (or an associated arm's length organisation) is not licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority to deliver drone/UAV services.
Q3 - Not applicable.
Q4 - Yes. It procured UAV services at the beginning of 2019 to inspect some cliffs.
Q5 - To inspect some cliffs.
Q6 - Answer: Since there has only been the single incident of using drones/UAV's services, we do not have a lead officer responsible for a policy and strategy.
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