Cheshire East Council

The complainant has submitted a four requests for information to Cheshire East Council. The complainant’s requests concern three planning applications relating to land at Henbury, land Between Whirley Road and Chelford Road, Macclesfield and land to the South of Chelford Road. Having refused to comply with the complainant’s request in reliance on section 14(1) of the FOIA, the Council reviewed its position and has determined that it should instead rely on Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that Cheshire East Council has correctly applied the exception to disclosure provided by Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to complainant’s requests 1, 2 and 4.