Highways England
- Date 25 October 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.e: Partly upheld
The complainant has requested the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for part of the A14 road upgrade project. Highways England refused the request under regulation 12(5)(e). The Commissioner’s decision is that some of the information in the CEMP is information on emissions and therefore regulation 12(9) of the EIR prevents the information being withheld under regulation 12(5)(e). For the remaining information in the CEMP the Commissioner finds that the regulation 12(5)(e) exception has been correctly applied and the public interest favours withholding the information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the information in the CEMP identified as being directly on emissions – namely the following sections: Section 5 Air Quality Management and Section 6 Noise and Vibration Management.