Rochford District Council are consulting with all residents in the District and those who are on their Housing Register on proposed changes to the Housing Allocations Policy.
Rochford District Council do not own their own housing stock and are reliant on nominations from Registered Providers of Social housing in the District, so it is essential that the policy remains ‘relevant and fit for purpose’ to take into account ever changing local housing pressures to ensure we can meet local housing demand and need.
This survey is your chance to tell us your thoughts and to help inform the policy. The survey should take no longer than five minutes to complete.
We are working with ARK Consultancy to carry out this consultation on our behalf, and any information that is shared is protected through our Data Sharing Agreement with ARK.
Why we are collecting your information
We are collecting your personal data in order to carry out an essential consultation on proposed changes to the RDC Allocations Policy. Your personal data will be shared with Ark Consultancy for the purposes of enabling this consultation and processing the feedback. No personally identifiable information about you will be published as a result of this consultation exercise.
The information we will collect
The personal data we will collect from you is as follows:
- Name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Protected characteristics (age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation)
- Communication preferences
- Preferred language
Our lawful basis for processing the information
Our lawful basis for collecting your name, contact details and communication and language preferences is 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
We need to collect protected characteristics in order to meet the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). This a legal obligation for public authorities and organisations carrying out public functions in the UK. It is imposed by section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and requires public bodies to take equalities considerations into account when exercising their functions and making decisions. Our Lawful basis for collecting this information under the GDPR is Schedule 1 Part 1 6(2)(a) Exercise of a function conferred on a person by an enactment or rule of law.
Your rights over your information
Subject to applicable local laws and regulations, you may have some or all of the following rights with respect to your personal data:
• to access your personal data and to rectify any inaccuracies within that personal data;
• to request for the erasure of your personal data residing with us;
• to restrict the processing of your data;
• to object to the processing of your data;
• to request your personal data in portable, machine-readable format; and
• to withdraw your consent to our processing of their personal data.
If you wish to contact us with a request relating to personal information we hold about you, or require further information about our privacy policy and related information practices, or want to make a complaint, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpa@brentwood.gov.uk.
If you are dissatisfied with the manner in which we have processed your personal data then you also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. They can be contacted at ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF (website ico.org.uk).