British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Information Commissioner's Office
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FER0214141 (10 February 2010)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2010/FER0214141.html
Cite as: [2010] UKICO FER214141, [2010] UKICO FER0214141
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FER0214141 (10 February 2010)
Summary: The complainants requested information relating to legal advice obtained regarding a planning application. The DOE disclosed some information but withheld the actual legal advice under regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner is satisfied that the information requested is environmental information and also finds that regulation 12(5)(b) is engaged. The Commissioner finds that the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in the disclosure of the information. The Commissioner also finds that the DOE was in breach of regulation (5)(2) by failing to release the non-exempt information within 20 working days.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 5 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 11 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 12.5.b - Complaint Not upheld