Freedom of Information Request: Whiteshore Cockles

Information Request – Whiteshore Cockles

Thank you for your information request, which we received on 13 May. We have considered your request under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’).

Your Request

Requesting information regarding Whiteshore Cockles, HS6 5DY since 1 January 2022 including internal and external correspondence, emails, letters and any other relevant information. Especially regarding the spreading of waste.

Our Response

We have discussed your request with our Operations Team who have undertaken searches of the information that they hold and found several documents that meet the terms of your request.

Copies of these documents are attached separately to this response.

We have marked out (redacted) some personal data in the documents provided. Releasing the personal data into the public domain in response to an access to information request would breach the Data Protection Act 2018. We are therefore withholding the information under EIRs Regulation 11(2) (Personal data).

How We Handled Your Request

We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.

If you would like to find out more information about the access to information legistlation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner's website. 

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