Hartlepool Borough Council
- Date 29 January 2018
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested information about the number of times persons making an application for Planning Permission from the Hartlepool Borough Council (“the Council”) had declared a connection to officers or elected Councillors of the Borough and for the Council’s procedure when such an event occurs. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council failed to provide a response within 20 working days and therefore breached Section 10 of FOIA. As a response has now been issued, the Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.