Summary: The complainant submitted a request to the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (-˜the Council-™) for information from environmental records held on a property in Thackley, Bradford. The complainant specified that he wished to view the records in person. The Council stated that the requested information could only be accessed on the provision of a fee based on the property search regulations. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Council breached regulation 5(1) as it failed to make information available on request and regulation 5(2) as it failed to make the requested information available within the statutory time for compliance. The Commissioner also found that the Council breached regulation 6(1) by failing to comply with the complainant-™s request to make the information in a particular format. 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 6 - Complaint Upheld