Planning Inspectorate
- Date 5 February 2024
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 11.2: Upheld, EIR 12.4.e: Not upheld
The complainant requested correspondence between The Planning Inspectorate (“PI”) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in respect of the recovery of an appeal about a proposed housing development. PI refused the request under the exception for internal communications (regulation 12(4)(e)). The Commissioner’s decision is that PI correctly withheld the requested information under regulation 12(4)(e) but that it failed to carry out an internal review and breached regulation 11(2). The Commissioner does not require PI to take any further action.