Bristol City Council
- Date 21 September 2022
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld, EIR 12.4.c: Upheld
The complainant requested information from Bristol City Council (“the Council”) relating to complaints about low frequency noise. The Council refused to provide the requested information citing regulation 12(4)(c) (requests formulated in too general a manner) and regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is not entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(c) of the EIR to refuse to provide the requested information. However, the Council is entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to refuse to provide the requested information. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps.