Gwynedd Council

The complainant has requested correspondence regarding an alleged footpath and Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) application. The Council provided some information and withheld other information under section 40(2) (personal data) of the FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Council reconsidered the request under the EIR and sought to rely regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable) and regulation 13 (personal data) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to refuse the request under regulation 12(4)(b). The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.