Hampshire County Council

The complainant requested a copy of a surveyor’s report. Hampshire County Council (the council) provided the complainant with the recorded information it considers itself to hold that falls within the scope of the request, subject to redactions of third party personal data that the complainant does not dispute. Apart from the redacted third party personal data, the complainant believes that the council holds further information to which they are entitled. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the council does not hold additional information relevant to the request and therefore regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR is engaged. However, he has recorded procedural breaches of regulations 5(1) and 5(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps as a result of this decision notice.