Durham County Council
- Date 22 September 2011
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 5: Upheld
The Commissioner’s decision is that the County Council has breached EIR by failing to provide a valid response to the complainant. The Commissioner requires the County Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: to either make the requested information available in accordance with regulation 5(1) (duty to make available environmental information on request), or issue a valid refusal notice compliant with regulation 14(1).