Lewes District Council
- Date 9 January 2023
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, EIR 12.5.f: Not upheld, EIR 13: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information regarding a number of planning applications.Lewes District Council provided some information, and it withheld some information on the bases of Regulation 13 (personal information), and Regulation 12(5)(f) (Interests of the information provider) of the EIR. It also stated that some information was not held.The Commissioner’s decision is that Lewes District Council was correct to withhold information on the bases of Regulation 13 and Regulation 12(5)(f). Furthermore that, on the balance of probabilities, the council does not hold some of the requested information and therefore Regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR applies to this element of the request. The Commissioner does not require any steps.