Complaint against Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council


Legal basis

  • Freedom of Information Act 2000
  • Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Key dates of the case

  • 27.08.09 The complainant submits request to the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council to access land charges, highways, building control, stop and enforcement notices and the contaminated land register.
  • 3.09.09 The Council responded to the Complainant Council stated that it would impose a charge for the inspection provision.
  • 24.09.09 The Complainant submits a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office.
  • 17.12.09 Information Commissioner publishes decision notice on the ICO December Decision notices web page.

Elapsed time of case = 111 days

Online decisions and public reporting

Information Commissioners Office – December 2009 Decisions

Outline of Case

Summary (Copied from the Decision Notice Reference: FER0266521)

The complainant submitted a request to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council for information from environmental records held on a property in Liverpool. The complainant specified that he wished to view the records in person. The Council agreed to provide the information requested but only on the provision of a fee based on the property search regulations. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council failed to comply with regulations 5(1) and 6(1) as it failed to make the requested information available for inspection on request. The Commissioner requires the Council to make the requested information available for the complainant to inspect within 35 days of this notice.

Case Notes

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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Case last updated: 6 August 2010

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