Dorset Council

The complainant requested information regarding bins belonging to a named property causing an obstruction on the public highway, including CCTV footage. Dorset Council (‘the Council’) provided some information, however the complainant considers that the Council holds additional information which it has failed to disclose. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has not complied with its obligations under regulation 5(1) of the EIR. The Council’s failure to conduct an internal review also represents a breach of regulation 11(4), whilst its failure to disclose some information until during the Commissioner’s investigation is a breach of regulation 5(2) of the EIR. However, the Council was entitled to redact a small amount of personal data under regulation 13 (personal information) from a table disclosed during the Commissioner’s investigation. Information Tribunal FT/EA/2024/0174 under appeal.