2 October 2014, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested information in relation to a planning matter connected with a building development near to his private address. The plans were submitted to and approved by Leicester City Council (the council). The complainant, through his representative is not satisfied with the council’s response as he considers they do hold further information relevant to his request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council, on the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, does not hold any further information relevant to the request that has not already been made available. However, the Commissioner has found that the council has breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR in regards to this information request and how long it took to respond. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
EIR 5: Upheld