Department for Communities and Local Government

The complainant has requested a copy of any report seen by the Secretary of State prior to his making a decision as to whether to ‘call in’ a specific planning application. The Commissioner’s decision is that DCLG correctly applied the exception for internal communications at Regulation 12(4)(e) of the EIR to the requested information. He does not require DCLG to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.