4 January 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainant has requested information from London Borough of Waltham Forest (“the Council”) about planning decisions in High Road, Leyton. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council did not deal with the request for information in accordance with the FOIA in the following way: it failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days as set out in section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Council to issue a response under FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld