Civil Aviation Authority
- Date 9 October 2013
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.d: Not upheld, EIR 14: Upheld
The complainant has requested information about the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) work around the benefits of steeper approaches and landing thresholds at Heathrow. The CAA refused to provide the requested information under regulation 12(4)(d) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The Commissioner’s decision is that the CAA has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(d) EIR to the withheld information. However the Commissioner considers that the CAA did not provide the complainant with a time estimate for completion of the work and it therefore breached regulation 14(4) EIR. The Commissioner requires the public authority to inform the complainant of the time estimate for completion of the work.