North Somerset Council
- Date 7 February 2022
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld
The complainant requested information from North Somerset Council (“the Council”) about the reasons for specific locations having been chosen for the planting of 7,000 trees. The Council provided some information and explanations, but stated that no further recorded information, falling within the scope of the request, was held. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council does not hold any further information. However, since it failed to issue a response within 20 working days, it breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps.