Rutland County Council

The complainant has requested from Rutland County Council (the Council) information relating to a planning application. The Commissioner has issued a previous decision notice IC-332540-J5K4 related to this matter that ordered the Council to carry out fresh searches and either provide any further information identified or issue an appropriate refusal notice under the EIR. The Council subsequently disclosed some information and withheld part of it applying regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR – the course of justice etc and regulation 12(3) of the EIR – personal data. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council did not appropriately apply regulation 12(5)(b) and the exception is not engaged. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. • Disclose the information withheld by the Council under regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR with appropriate redactions to comply with its data protection obligations.