Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

The complainant made a large number of requests to the council, over a relatively short period of time, for information which related to a planned development in Hoylake, The Wirral, Merseyside. The Council responded to a number of the requests which it had received stating that the requests were vexatious. It therefore refused to respond further to the complainant. On review the council maintained its view that the requests were vexatious and therefore exempt under section 14 of the Act. The Commissioners decision is that the information which has been requested is environmental information and that the council should have considered its disclosure under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. It therefore breached Regulation 14 (3) in not providing an adequate refusal notice under the Regulations. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2010/0115 withdrawn.