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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/260348.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 260348
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Bristol City Council
The complainant has made three requests for information from Bristol City Council relating to a specific planning application and development. The Council aggregated all three requests and refused to comply with them on the grounds of cost under regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable requests) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to aggregate Request 1 and Request 2 and refuse to comply with them under Regulation 12(4)(b). However, the Council is not entitled to aggregate Request 3. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Issue a fresh response to Request 3 (Council reference 39640709). The Council should either disclose the information or, in respect of any information it intends to withhold, issue a refusal notice within the meaning of regulation 14 of the EIR providing a basis for withholding information. In doing so, the Council should note the points raised in ‘Other matters’.EIR 12(4)(b): Complaint partly upheld
Decision notice: 260348