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London Borough of Croydon

  • Date 14 July 2026
  • Sector Local government
  • Decision(s) EIR 5(1): Upheld, EIR 6: Upheld

The complainant requested information about a specific planning application. London Borough of Croydon (the Council) provided some information and stated that all other information relevant to the request was publicly available and as such regulation 6(1)(b) (form and format) of the EIR applied. The complainant raised concerns that the Council held additional information other than that which it disclosed and that which was publicly available. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council breached regulation 5(1) of the EIR because it holds environmental information falling within the scope of the request which it neither disclosed nor made available under regulation 6(1)(b). The Commissioner requires the Council to disclose the planning application form submitted on 8 December 2020 together with any accompanying documents submitted with that application, with any personal data redacted in accordance with regulation 13 of the EIR.