The complainant requested a number of pieces of information in relation to an area of land known as the Saltings, at Rye Harbour, East Sussex. Although some information was disclosed to the complainant, Natural England withheld part of a document entitled the Saltings Project Brief Paper under regulation 12(4)(e). During the Commissioner’s investigation Natural England disclosed some of the previously withheld information, but continued to rely upon regulation 12(4)(e) in relation to the outstanding parts of the document. In addition to this, Natural England also applied regulation 12(5)(g) to this information. After investigating the case the Commissioner decided that the withheld information should be withheld under regulation 12(4)(e). However, he also decided that Natural England had not met the requirements of regulations 5(1), 5(2), 14(1) and 14(2).
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: EIR 5 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 5 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 12.4.e – Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld
Citations:
[2010] UKICO FER0261274
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.531795