Summary: The complainant submitted a request to Gedling Borough Council (-the Council-) for information from environmental records held on a property in Mapperley. The Council confirmed that it held no information in relation to the complainant-s request. The complaint contends that whilst the Council responded within 20 working days, it did not respond -as soon as possible-. The Commissioner has investigated and has found no evidence to suggest that the Council did not comply with the complainant-s request as soon as possible. He therefore finds that the Council has complied with regulation 5(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner notes that the Council did not specify the exception it relied upon in refusing the request and therefore finds a breach of regulation 14(3)(a). He does not require the Council to take any further action.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 5 - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Not upheld