1 August 2017, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested information relating to Sheffield City Council’s (the Council) interactions with a named developer, and a quote for works, regarding an ongoing issue with a narrowed road. The Council provided redacted information citing regulation 12(3) ‘personal data’ of the EIR as the basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council correctly applied regulation 12(3) to the redacted information. The Commissioner does not therefore require the Council to take any steps. The Commissioner notes however that the Council provided its internal review outside of the 40 working day timeframe and is therefore in breach of regulation 11(4).
EIR 12(3): Not upheld EIR 11(4): Upheld