Building warrants – On 25 September 2014, Q asked Aberdeen City Council (the Council) whether there had been any building warrants applied for or granted for a named property since 1994.
The Council informed Q that it would cost andpound;70 to provide this information, the standard fee for its Property History search service.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council had failed to respond to Q’s request for information in accordance with FOISA and the EIRs. The Council was not entitled to charge for a search service under its publication scheme, as it claimed. The Council also failed to issue a refusal notice which complied with regulation 13 of the EIRs. She required the Council to issue a revised response to Q’s requirement for review
[2015] ScotIC 153 – 2015
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Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.554163