Planning Inspectorate
- Date 31 March 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 11.4: Upheld, EIR 5.1: Not upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld, FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10(1): Upheld
The complainants submitted two requests for information held by the Planning Inspectorate (the Inspectorate) about a particular appeal decision. The Commissioner is satisfied that the Inspectorate has, on the balance of probabilities, now provided the complainants with all the information held that is relevant to their two requests. However, by failing to provide all the relevant information within the required timescales, the Commissioner has found that the Inspectorate has breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR, and section 10(1) of the FOIA. Furthermore, the Inspectorate’s failure to complete an internal review in respect of Request 1 within 40 working days is also a breach of regulation 11(4) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the Inspectorate to take any steps as a result of this decision notice.