23 May 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainant has requested information relating to a specific planning decision notice. Mendip District Council (the council) provided some information, but the complainant disputed that this was the correct information. During the course of the investigation, the council provided further information. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities, the council has provided all the information it holds within the scope of the request. It has therefore complied with section 1 of the FOIA. However, in providing the requested metadata outside the required 20 working days, the council has breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take the any steps.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 1: Not upheld