Carmarthenshire County Council
- Date 21 March 2024
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, EIR 5.1: Partly upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld
The complainant requested various information in respect of high hedges from Carmarthenshire County Council (‘the Council’), and its GIS (Geographic Information System). The Council provided some information and informed the complainant that it did not hold relevant information in respect of other items of their request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council does not hold information in respect of updates to its GIS system (item 5). However, he has also concluded that it does hold information regarding the accuracy of the system (item 4). The Commissioner is also satisfied that it has now provided all information it holds in respect of planning enforcement site visits in relation to high hedges, (item 8 ). However, in failing to provide the full breakdown requested in item 8 of the request within the required timescales for compliance, the Commissioner has recorded a breach of regulation 5(2) of the EIR.