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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/189876.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 189876
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Coventry City Council
The complainant requested a digitised copy of the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way, as stored for use in a GIS software application or interactive online map. Coventry City Council (the Council) stated that the information was publicly available and easily accessible and as such regulation 6(1)(b) applied. The Council also applied regulations 12(4)(e) and 13 to some of the information requested. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the Council withdrew reliance on regulation 6(1)(b) and the exceptions quoted. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council breached regulations 5(1) and 5(2) of the EIR in its handling of the request. The Commissioner requires the Council to disclose the information requested in the format specified in the request.EIR 5: Complaint upheld
Decision notice: 189876