Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant submitted 2 requests to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (the -�council-�) asking for a range of information relating to properties in a residential cul-de-sac in Bolton. In relation to the first request, the public authority provided some information and confirmed that further information was not held. In relation to the second request, the council refused to provide some information in the format requested because it considered that the information was already publically available and easily accessible to the complainant in another format. Other elements of the request were also refused because the council considered that disclosure of the information would result in a breach of principle 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). The Commissioner-�s decision is that the council has provided all the relevant information it holds and correctly refused information under regulation 13 of the EIR. The Commissioner has also decided that the council correctly extended the time for responding to the requests under regulation 7(1) but that in providing some information after 40 working days it did not comply with regulation 5(1). The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2012/0076 has been disposed of by way of a consent order.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 5 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 7 - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 13 - Complaint Not upheld