Lincolnshire County Council

The complainant requested information about a footpath. Lincolnshire County Council (‘the council’) directed the complainant to information it had already disclosed, disclosed further information, and advised it doesn’t hold some of the information (regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR). The council also subsequently advised that complying with an element of the complainant’s request would be unreasonable. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council doesn’t hold any further information within scope of the request. The council complied with regulation 5 of the EIR and is entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(a) and regulation 12(4)(b) which concerns manifestly unreasonable requests. However, its refusal under the regulation 12 exceptions didn’t comply with regulation 14. It’s not necessary for the council to take any steps.