Powys County Council

The complainant requested information relating to notices or other correspondence issued to owners/landowners concerning two specific highways. Powys County Council (the Council) provided some information, subject to some information being redacted under regulation 13 (personal data) of the EIR and stated that it did not hold any information relating to the second part of the request. During its internal review the Council provided some additional information subject to some personal data being redacted under regulation 13 of the EIR. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Council located some additional information, which again it disclosed to the complainant, subject to some information being under regulation 13 of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities, the Council does not hold any additional information relevant to the request other than that which it has disclosed or redacted under regulation 13 of the EIR. The Commissioner has also determined that the Council correctly applied regulation 12(4)(a) to part two of the request and regulation 13 of the EIR to withhold personal data from the documents it disclosed. The Commissioner also finds that the Council breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR in failing to provide the disclosable information within 20 working days, and regulation 11(4) in failing to provide the outcome of its internal review within 40 working days. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.