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Porthcawl Town Council

  • Date 3 December 2024
  • Authority Porthcawl Town Council
  • Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld

The complainant requested information about Griffen Park Lease from Porthcawl Town Council on 2 October 2024 as follows:
The complainant requested information about Griffen Park Lease from
Porthcawl Town Council on 2 October 2024 as follows:
“I have previously on 2 occasions asked for a copy of the Griffin Park lease,
but have not yet received a copy, please would you email me a copy, if the
lease is to be revised i would like a copy of both the revised and original.”
A public authority will breach section 10 of FOIA if it fails to respond to a request within 20 working days. Based on evidence available to the Commissioner, by the date of this notice the public authority has not issued a substantive response to this request. Therefore, the Commissioner finds a breach of section 10.
The public authority must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.
The public authority must take this step 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 FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.