Stafford Borough Council

The complainant requested information from Stafford Borough Council (“the Council”) regarding planning application decisions and discussions regarding a neighbouring development. The Council provided relevant information and links to further published information, which was accessible online, they cited section 21 (accessible by other means), and section 40(2) (personal information) of FOIA for redactions of the disclosed information and stated it did not hold any further information within scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council holds no further recorded information relevant to the complainant’s request and has complied with section 1(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.