North Warwickshire Borough Council

The complainant requested information from North Warwickshire Borough Council (“the Council”) relating to specific planning applications. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities, the Council holds further information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Council is required to carry out further searches aimed at identifying all the information it holds falling within the scope of the request, and to issue the complainant with a new response as required by the EIR. The Council must take these steps within 30 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.