SIC Section 75 Agreement – On 30 January 2014, Friends of Loch Etive (FLE) asked Argyll and Bute Council (the Council) for correspondence and other information relating to a proposed section 75 planning agreement. The Council’s response was appealed to the Commissioner and resulted in Decision 242/2014.
On 24 November 2014, FLE made a further request, asking again for correspondence and other information relating to the agreement, plus all information relating to the section 75 agreement, covering the period 30 January 2014 to the date of completion of the agreement and a copy of a plan. The request acknowledged that circumstances had changed since the previous request: a judicial review, previously only threatened, was underway at the time.
The Council responded under the EIRs, supplying a copy of the plan but withholding the remainder of the information under regulations 10(4)(e) and 10(5)(e) of the EIRs. Following a review, FLE remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council responded to FLE’s request for information in accordance with the EIRs.
[2015] ScotIC 159 – 2015
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Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.554155