London Borough of Lambeth

The complainant submitted a number of requests to the London Borough of Lambeth (the Council) seeking copies of communications it sent to a particular property owner regarding a planning enforcement matter over a specified time period. The Council refused to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information on the basis of regulation 13(5A)(a) (personal data) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to rely on regulation 13(5A)(a) to refuse these requests.