9 September 2015, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested the council to disclose a set of drawings which accompanied a planning application. To the date of this notice, no response has been issued. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has breached regulation 5 of the EIR in this case. The Commissioner requires the council to issue a response to this request under the EIR. The council must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
EIR 5(1): Upheld