Devon County Council

The complainant requested information relating to a particular planning application. In response to this request the Council disclosed information, but the complainant disputed whether the materials disclosed amounted to everything the Council held within the scope of his request. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, Devon County Council (“the Council”) has now disclosed all the information within the scope of the request that it holds and has therefore complied with its Regulation 5(1) duty. However, the Commissioner considers that the Council failed to disclose, within 20 working days, some of the information it held. She therefore finds that the Council breached Regulation 5(2) of the EIR in responding to this request. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0199 allowed.