Kent County Council

The complainant requested various information about the maintenance of roadside ditches. Kent County Council (the Council) provided some information, stated other information was not held and applied section 12 (appropriate limit) of the FOIA to other parts of the request. In its internal review, the Council reconsidered the request under the EIR, and stated that compliance with the request would be manifestly unreasonable and, as such, it considered regulation 12(4)(b) to apply. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied regulation 12(4)(b) to the request. The Commissioner also finds that the Council complied with its obligation under regulation 9(1) to offer advice and assistance. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.