Wiltshire Council
- Date 13 April 2016
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 5.1: Upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld, EIR 6.1: Upheld
The complainant has requested information held within Land Charges Registers for a number of properties. The Commissioner’s decision is that Wiltshire Council has breached regulation 5(1) by failing to make the information available on request and regulation 5(2) of the EIR by failing to make the requested information available within the statutory time for compliance. In addition Wiltshire Council has breached regulation 6(1) of the EIR by failing to comply with the complainant’s request for information to be made available in a particular format. The Commissioner requires the public authority to respond to the request in accordance with the EIR Regulations by providing copies of the requested information in accordance with the Commissioner’s guidance on charging for property search information or by issuing a valid refusal notice.