13 September 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested the name of an individual who raised a complaint on behalf of the Chapel-en-le-Frith Parish Council to the High Peak Borough Council’s planning enforcement officer. The complaint was regarding a potential planning control breach in relation to an unauthorised development. The High Peak Borough Council sought to withhold the name of the data subject using the exception in regulation 13 of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the High Peak Borough Council incorrectly applied the exception at regulation 13(1) of the EIR to the withheld information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the withheld information to the complainant within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.
EIR 13(1): Upheld