West Northamptonshire Council

The complainant requested information held by West Northamptonshire Council (the council) in respect of its House in Multiple Occupation License Register (HMO License Register). Housing legislation requires the council to not only make the HMO Licence Register available for public inspection, but also to provide a copy upon receipt of a request from any individual. The Commissioner is therefore satisfied that the requested information is reasonably accessible to the complainant by other means, and the council is entitled to rely on section 21(2)(b) of FOIA as its basis for refusing the complainant’s request.