London Borough of Lambeth

The complainant submitted a request for information relating to the redesigning of Central Hill Estate's MUGA. London Borough of Lambeth (the Council) refused to provide the information requested citing regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(b) to withhold the information in scope of the request and that the public interest favours maintaining the exception. However, the Council breached regulation 14 of the EIR by failing to issue its refusal notice within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps as a result of this decision.