West Suffolk Council

The complainant has requested from West Suffolk Council information relating to the identity of an individual who made the initial referral for a Tree Preservation Order that was subsequently made by the Council. The Council withheld the requested information under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Commissioner subsequently identified that the information is environmental, and that the Council should therefore have cited regulation 13 (personal data) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to withhold the requested information under regulation 13. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps.