The complainant requested information relating to the consideration by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council of a planning application for building works. The Commissioner has decided that Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council had correctly applied EIR regulations 12(4)(d) (material in the course of completion) and 12(4)(e) (internal communications) when determining the information request. He did not require any steps to be taken. The Commissioner criticised the delays by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council which were in breach of EIR regulation 5(2) and for which it has apologised. He also decided that the searches the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council made for information had been appropriate and not a breach of EIR regulation 12(4)(a).
EIR 12(4)(a): Complaint not upheld EIR 12(4)(d): Complaint not upheld EIR 12(4)(e): Complaint not upheld EIR 5(2): Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-103158
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 18 June 2022; Ref: scu.677788