Summary: The complainant submitted a request to Denbighshire County Council (-˜the Council-™) for information from environmental records held on a property in Denbigh. The complainant specified that he wished to view the records in person. The Council agreed to provide the information requested but only on the provision of a set fee. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Council failed to comply with regulation 5(1) as it failed to make the information available on request and regulation 5(2) as it failed to make it available within the statutory time for compliance. The Commissioner found that the Council breached regulation 8(2)(b) by attempting to impose a charge to allow the complainant to inspect the requested information. In addition, the Council breached regulation 11(4) by failing to conduct an internal review within forty working days. The Commissioner requires the Council to make the requested information available for the complainant to inspect within 35 days of this notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 5 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 5 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 8 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 11 - Complaint Upheld