FOI release

Request for documents: VP3792NA

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference EIR2026/19035

Received 17 April 2026

Published 23 April 2026

Request

I would like to request Environmental Permit (Waste Operations) number VP3792NA - ROSE AGGREGATES LIMITED and any CAR reports dated within the last 3 years.

Response

We respond to requests for information that we hold under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The Regulations requires that we respond to requests by advising you whether information is held or not, and if so by providing you with that information.

 

Information provided

 

I enclose the permit VP3792NA - Rose Aggregates limited, along with two Compliance Assessment Reports dated within the last 3 years.

 

Please refer to the Open Government Licence which explains the permitted use of this information.

 

Public Register Permit Info Warning

 

Information Warnings: (i) Personal Data in the Information is exempt from the Open Government Licence. (ii) It is the responsibility of the licensee to ensure that data they hold is accurate and up to date.

 

 

Reg 13(1) EIR - Other People's Personal Data

 

Redacted data

 

We are unable to disclose the names in the forms as this is personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and to disclose it would breach the First Data Protection Principle of the DPA 2018. The information requested is therefore exempt due to Regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which explains that:

 

"To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, a public authority must not disclose the personal data if-

 

(a)  the first condition is satisfied…"

 

The 'first condition' referred to above is further explained in Regulation 13(2)(a):

 

"The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under these Regulations-

 

(a)  would contravene any of the data protection principles…"

 

It is our view that some of the information requested would identify individuals, and that its disclosure would therefore contravene the First Data Protection Principle of the Data Protection Act 2018.

 

The First Data Protection Principle requires that we are fair to individuals when we collect, hold and use their personal data. In this case it would be unfair to disclose information that would identify individuals who have been the subject of a report as those individuals have a reasonable expectation that such information held by the Environment Agency would remain confidential

  

Rights of appeal

 

If you are not satisfied with our decision, you can contact us within two calendar months to ask for the decision to be reviewed. We will then conduct an internal review of our response to your request and give you our decision in writing within 40 working days.

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can then make an appeal to the Information Commissioner Office, the statutory regulator for the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please follow this link to the ICO online complaints portal. The address is: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

 

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Documents

This is Environment Agency's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.