Snowdonia National Park Authority

The complainant requested a copy of legal advice relating to a specific planning application. Snowdonia National Park Authority (‘the Authority’) withheld the information under the exception for the course of justice – regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Authority has correctly applied regulation 12(5)(b) to the withheld information. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.