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Cite as: [2022] UKICO 169355
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
The complainant has requested information relating to a particular planning application, including copies of objections to it. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (‘SMBC’) disclosed the information in response to the request. However, the complainant argued that SMBC should proactively publish comments and objections to individual planning applications on its website, and that by failing to do so, SMBC was not complying with its obligations under regulation 4 (Dissemination of environmental information) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that regulation 4 of the EIR does not require SMBC to proactively publish comments and objections to planning applications on its website. However, SMBC breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR by failing to comply with the request within 20 working days of receipt.EIR 4: Complaint not upheld EIR 5(2): Complaint upheld
Decision notice: 169355