Sheffield City Council
- Date 22 May 2023
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 11: Upheld, EIR 5: Upheld
The complainant has requested information on a planning application relating to a dropped kerb and vehicle access, including information as to why no enforcement action was taken. Sheffield City Council (“the Council”) provide some explanations and links to the planning portal. The Commissioner’s decision is that there are two additional emails containing information in scope of the request that have not been disclosed. The Commissioner requires the Council to disclose the email dated 6 October 2017 between the Enforcement Officer in Highways to the Assistant Planning Officer and disclose the internal email from the Council’s solicitor from June 2020 or issue a fresh refusal indicating the exceptions under the EIR the Council is relying on to withhold this information.