High Peak Borough Council
- Date 17 January 2023
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.e: Not upheld, EIR 12.5.b: Not upheld, EIR 5: Not upheld
The complainant requested information about a complaint they submitted to the Council regarding a specific piece of land and copies of information referred to in the minutes of meetings concerning the land in question. High Peak Borough Council (the Council) provided some information and withheld other information under regulations 12(4)(e) (internal communications) and 12(5)(b) (course of justice). The Commissioner’s decision is that some of the information constitutes the complainant’s own personal data, and as such regulation 5(3) of the EIR applies. The Commissioner has also determined that the Council has correctly applied regulations 12(4)(e) and 12(5)(b) to the information it withheld. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.