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Cite as: [2011] UKICO FER0381837, [2011] UKICO FER381837
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Department of the Environment (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FER0381837 (01 August 2011)
Summary: In December 2009, the complainant requested minutes of internal meetings relating to two planning applications. The Department of the Environment NI (the -˜DoE-™) advised it did not hold this information but failed to conduct an internal review of its decision as required by the regulations. The matter was subsequently investigated by the Commissioner and a Decision Notice was issued requiring the DoE to conduct an internal review of its response to the original information request. On 25 January 2011 the DoE wrote to the complainant with the result of that internal review, advising that the requested information was not held. The complainant was not satisfied with the DoE-™s response and considers it should hold the information requested. The Commissioner-™s decision in this case is that, on the balance of probabilities, no recorded information is held in relation to the complainant-™s request. However, the Commissioner also finds that the DoE breached regulation 14(3)(a) in that it failed to specify the exceptions it relied on to refuse the request. The Commissioner requires no further steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 5 - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld