City of York Council

The complainant made a freedom of information request to York City Council (“the Council”) for information about posters and advertising hoardings which she believed had been illegally posted in York City Centre. The Council refused the first part of the request under section 14(1) on the grounds that it was vexatious and for the second part of the request it said that the requested information was not held. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council correctly applied section 14(1) to the first part of the request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.