FOI release

Request for documents: AN/PRNNF09493/001

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 EIR2026/35081

Received 22 July 2026

Published 23 July 2026

Request

Please treat this as a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. I request copies of the following documents relating to AN/PRNNF09493/001 - WYKES ENGINEERING CO (RUSHDEN)LTD. - environmental permit (Discharges to Water and Groundwater -

Response

We respond to requests for information that we hold under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Information provided

I enclose the documents held by the Environment Agency relating to permit AN/PRNNF09493/001 — Wykes Engineering Co (Rushden) Ltd.

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.

  

Information withheld — Personal Data

Redacted data

The Environment Agency is not able to disclose the signature contained within the licence document, 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 signature has therefore been redacted.

The information is exempt from disclosure under 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(2A):

"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 the view of the Environment Agency that the redacted information relates to another person, and that its disclosure would 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 an individual, as that individual has a reasonable expectation that such information held by the Environment Agency would remain confidential.

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Documents

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