FOI/202200286780 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Called in planning applications during 2020/21 and 2021/22: EIR release
Information requested
In relation to Scotland: 1. The number of planning applications called in during the business year 2020/21, including the types of application (OPP/FPP/ LBC etc) and the category of the development. 2. The number of planning applications called in during the business year 2021/22 (so far), including the types of application (OPP / FPP/ LBC etc) and the category of the development.
Response
As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request. I attach a copy of all of the information you requested in a spreadsheet format. We have presumed that development type related to local or major case types. About FOI
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Detected exemption language
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes.