London Borough of Brent

The complainant has requested information relating to water charges from the Council. The Council initially refused disclosure under the FOIA, however later revised its position to refuse on the basis of regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has incorrectly applied regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to the complainant’s request. The Commissioner also finds that the Council has breached regulation 14(1) in that it issued an incorrect refusal notice to the complainant under the FOIA rather than the EIR.