Cornwall Council

The complainant made a number of requests for information to Cornwall Council (“the council”) relating two planning applications. The council aggregated the three requests and refused to respond further, applying Regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. It subsequently confirmed that no information is held as regards one of the requests. The complainant disputes that the information should have been considered under the EIR, and argues that the council is wrong to apply Regulation 12(4)(b) to refuse the requests. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to aggregate the requests and to consider the information under the EIR. He has also decided that it was correct to apply Regulation 12(4)(b) to refuse to respond to the requests further. The Commissioner does not require any steps.