Birmingham City Council
- Date 29 October 2021
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 5.2: Upheld
The complainant requested information from Birmingham City Council (“the Council”) about visits to wards by new mobile waste and recycling wagons. By the date of this notice the Council had not issued a substantive response to this request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days.
The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: The Council must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the EIR.