Lake District National Park Authority

The complainant has requested information about hunting activity around Skiddaw. The Lake District National Park Authority refused the request as vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Authority should have dealt with the request under the EIR and that, as the request was not manifestly unreasonable, the Authority was not entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to refuse it. The Commissioner requires the Authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a fresh response, under the EIR, to the request, which does not rely on regulation 12(4)(b).