Sheffield City Council

The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has breached regulation 14 of the EIR by failing to provide a refusal notice or rely on an exception within 20 working days, and regulation 11 of the EIR by failing to provide a reconsideration (internal review) of a response within 40 working days. The Commissioner requires it to provide the complainant with a substantive response within 35 calendar days in accordance with its obligations under the EIR.