Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant made a multipart request to the Council relating to various issues surrounding planning activities, and surrounding the activities of a named official. The Council considered that parts of the request related to environmental information and were therefore considered under the EIR, whilst other parts of the request were not for environmental information and therefore considered under the Act. The Council refused to comply with the request on the basis that it was vexatious under section 14(1) of the Act, that it would exceed the -�appropriate limit-� set out at section 12(1) of the Act, and that it was manifestly unreasonable, in line with regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner has investigated and has found that the Council correctly applied the exception at regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to the environmental information, and that it correctly relied on section 12(1) of the Act in refusing to comply with the non-environmental elements of the request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12 1 - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 12.4.b - Complaint Not upheld