Hampshire County Council
- Date 30 September 2019
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 5.1: Not upheld, EIR 6.1.b: Upheld
The complainant has requested a map from Hampshire County Council (“the Council”) showing the area covered by public highways in the Parish of Steep. The Council responded to advise that the information requested was already reasonably accessible and directed the complainant to where it could be found. Therefore it cited regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has incorrectly applied regulation 6(1)(b). However, based on the balance of probabilities, the Commissioner finds that the Council does not hold the requested information. The Commissioner does not require any further steps from the public authority.