Summary: The complainant has requested information about the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) work around the benefits of steeper approaches and landing thresholds at Heathrow. The CAA refused to provide the requested information under regulation 12(4)(d) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the CAA has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(d) EIR to the withheld information. However the Commissioner considers that the CAA did not provide the complainant with a time estimate for completion of the work and it therefore breached regulation 14(4) EIR. The Commissioner requires the public authority to inform the complainant of the time estimate for completion of the work.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.d - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld