Information Commissioner's Office

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

23 June 2014, Local government (Borough council)

The complainant has requested information relating to a planning application. He asked for all copies of correspondence between certain parties and the planning department at the council. The council provided some information however the complainant was aware that other correspondence had taken place and had not been disclosed to him. The Commissioner asked the council to confirm whether other information was held, and after further searches established that other information was held. The Commissioner’s decision is that council failed to provide all relevant information it held to the complainant within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with copies of the information it has now discovered it holds.

EIR 5: Upheld EIR 12(4)(a): Upheld