The complainant requested information relating to different aspects of a planning application. By the date of this notice the Council had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has breached regulation 5(2) of EIR in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. – The Council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under EIR.
EIR 5(2): Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO 196190
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 21 January 2023; Ref: scu.683174