Lancashire County Council

The complainant has requested noise data monitoring data, held by a third party, to which Lancashire County Council has access. The council has released some information but refused the remainder citing regulation 12(4)(a), information not held. The Commissioner has considered whether the requested information is held on behalf of the council by virtue of regulation 3(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that the information is not held on behalf of Lancashire County Council, and furthermore that, on the balance of probabilities, the council has provided all the information held. She therefore finds that that regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR is engaged. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.