The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
| Case Outcome | Complaint not upheld |
| Subject Matter | Other |
| Court | Information Commissioner (UK) |
| Record Number | IC-131245-N6H0 |
| Date | 16 March 2022 |
| Respondent | The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty |
Reference: IC-131245-N6H0
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Decision notice
Date:
16 March 2022
Public Authority:
The National Trust for Places of Historic
Interest or Natural Beauty
Address:
Heelis
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2NA
Decision (including any steps ordered)
1. The complainant requested information about searches for unexploded
ordnance in Studland, Dorset. The National Trust for Places of Historic
Interest or Natural Beauty (“the National Trust”) drew the complainant’s
attention to some information in the public domain, but refused to
comply with the request in full because it did not consider itself obliged
to comply with requests made under the Environmental Information
Regulations (“the EIR”) as it was not a public authority for the purposes
of the legislation.
2. The Commissioner’s decision is that the National Trust is not a public
authority for the purposes of the EIR and was therefore not obliged to
comply with the request.
3. As the National Trust is not a public authority, the Commissioner has no
power to require it to take remedial steps.
Background
4. The request in this particular case followed on from an exchange of
correspondence between the complainant and the National Trust. The
complainant first enquired about the Trust’s status under EIR and then
subsequently insisted that it was covered. The National Trust maintained
throughout that it was not subject to the legislation.
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