22 July 2015, Local government (County council)
The complainant has requested recorded information from Cheshire West and Chester Council which relates to the Council’s planning register for the period 1947 to 1974. The complainant has also asked for a copy of the statutory index of every application for planning permission relating to the council’s planning authority area for the period 1947 to the date of his request. The Commissioner’s decision is that Cheshire West and Chester Council has breached Regulation 5(2) of the EIR by failing to respond to the complainant’s request within twenty working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take no further action in this matter.
EIR 5(2): Upheld