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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Date 27 February 2025
  • Sector Local government
  • Decision(s) EIR 12.4.b: Not upheld, EIR 5.2: Upheld, FOI 10(1): Upheld, FOI 14(1): Not upheld

The complainant requested information about a meeting. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council relied on section 14(1) of FOIA (vexatious requests) to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was vexatious and therefore the Council was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse it, and that where the requests seek environmental information, the Council is entitled to rely upon regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable requests) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any steps.