Derby City Council

The complainant has requested from Derby City Council (the council) the inspection records for the Copper Building at One Friargate Square, Agard Street, Derby, relating to the planning department/building control's approval of a change of use planning application in 2015. They also requested records relating to the absence of a fire escape during a particular timeframe. The council provided some information and stated that it held no further information. The complainant does not accept that no further information is held by the council. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probability, the council does not hold any further information and therefore it has complied with regulation 5(1) of the EIR. However, he has also decided that the council breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR by providing some of the requested information beyond the legislative timeframe. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any further steps.