19 September 2017, Local government (City council)
The complainant made a request to Manchester City Council (‘the Council’) for all public responses to the St Michaels planning application. The Council refused to comply with the request under regulation 12(4)(b) EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(b) EIR to the request. It also complied with regulation 9 in the handling of this request. The Commissioner notes that the Council provided its response outside of the statutory twenty working days and has therefore breached regulation 14(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
EIR 12(4)(b): Not upheld EIR 14(2): Upheld