Basildon District Council
- Date 29 July 2013
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld, EIR 14: Upheld
The complainant has requested information related to the Forestry Commissioner and legislation concerning the removal of trees. The Commissioner’s decision is that Basildon Council has correctly applied the exception for manifestly unreasonable requests at regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. He does not require any steps to be taken. However, the council breached regulation 14(3) by failing to reference either the specific regulation being relied upon or any public interest test considerations. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2013/0170 dismissed.