Summary: The complainant has requested information related to the Forestry Commissioner and legislation concerning the removal of trees. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Basildon Council has correctly applied the exception for manifestly unreasonable requests at regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. He does not require any steps to be taken. However, the council breached regulation 14(3) by failing to reference either the specific regulation being relied upon or any public interest test considerations.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.b - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld