Mr Rennie requested from Scottish Water details relating to flooding in a particular location over a specific time period. Scottish Water responded by providing information to Mr Rennie which it considered addressed his request. Following a review, Mr Rennie remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Having agreed with Scottish Water that the request was for environmental information and therefore should properly have been dealt with under the EIRs, the Commissioner found (given that it had been wrong at the time of dealing with the request, to conclude that it did not hold any further relevant information) that Scottish Water was not entitled to refuse the request under regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs. However, all further relevant information was located and provided to Mr Rennie during the investigation and therefore the Commissioner did not require Scottish Water to take any action.
[2009] ScotIC 086 – 2009
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Updated: 30 November 2021; Ref: scu.434032