25 July 2017, Education (Other)
The complainant requested information relating to correspondence, communication, proposals, and reports, both internal and external, between English Partnerships and the Homes and Communities Agency (“the authority”) to the present day. The request concerned land owned either by a particular company or by the authority. The authority responded to the request and provided some information but withheld other information using exceptions under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (“the EIR”); however it took longer than 20 working days to do so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the authority breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR for failing to respond within 20 working days and regulation 14(2) of the EIR because it did not provide a refusal notice within 20 working days. There are no steps to take.
EIR 5(2): Upheld EIR 14(2): Upheld