Natural Resources Wales
- Date 3 August 2018
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.b: Not upheld, EIR 5: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information, including legal advice from Natural Resources Wales concerning the Bat Protocol currently in force for a specified building at the Rhydymwyn Valley Site. Natural Resources Wales provided some information but refused the legal advice in reliance on regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that Natural Resources Wales has complied with its obligations under regulation 5 of the EIR and it has correctly relied on regulation 12(5)(b) to refuse this information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.