27 May 2008, Central government
The complainant asked the public authority for the size, exact position and date of ‘restriction’ of particular plots of ‘restricted’ land. The public authority’s response was made under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (‘EIR’). It stated that it had addressed part of the request on a previous occasion, and since it did not hold the requested information the exception in Regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR applied. The Commissioner decided that the public authority’s response was reasonable, but that it had failed to issue its decision within the time limit set out in Regulation 5(2) of the EIR.
EIR 5: Upheld