Bournemouth Borough Council
- Date 1 June 2018
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 11.4: Upheld, EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld
The complainant asked Bournemouth Borough Council (the Council) to provide him with all A338-Wessex Fields link-related correspondence between Councillors Mike Greens and John Beesley, officers in the Council’s planning department and members of the current Planning Board, for the period starting 1 January 2016 to the date of the request.
The Council refused to comply with the request as it considered it to be vexatious under regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable) of the EIR.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR.
The Commissioner also finds that in failing to respond to the request for an internal review within the statutory timeline, the Council has breached regulation 11(4) of the EIR.
The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2018/0127 allowed.