Summary: The complainant has requested from Transport for London (-TfL-) information regarding projected aircraft noise impacts on the local population for airport expansion options at Stansted and Thames Estuary. TfL refused to provide the information under the exception in regulation 12(4)(d) (material still in the course of completion) of the EIR. The Commissioner-s decision is that TfL has incorrectly applied regulation 12(4)(d) to the requested information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose to the complainant the information that it has withheld under regulation 12(4)(d) of the EIR.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.d - Complaint Upheld