EIR - Motspur Park Gas Holders development [Aug 2026]

I am emailing you following the Deputy Mayor of London’s decision to grant planning permission for the Motspur Park Gas Holders development. In particular, I request a copy of the following 

1. The signed decision notice 
2. The final officer report and ANY report or briefing relied upon by the decision maker. 
3. The deputy mayors formal decision record 
4. The final approved plans, condition and any amendments made following publication of the stage 3 report. 
5. The completed section106 agreement, or the latest draft if it has not yet been completed 
6. The final Transport Assessment, PTAL assessment and any updated technical evidence relied upon in reaching the decision. 
7. Any equality impact assessment or similar assessment prepared in connection with the application 
8. All minutes, notes or records of meetings, discussions or presentations relating to the application following publication of the Stage 3 report 
9. Correspondance between GLA officers, the Mayor or deputy Mayor, Transport for London, the applicant or the applicants representatives which materially informed the final decision. 
10. Any additional documents, reports, technical assessments or evidence forming part of the planning decision-making record

Our response

1. The draft decision notice available online, only the GLA website on the following link: Motspur Park Gasholders Site Hearing Documents | London Datastore
2. The final committee report and addendum is available online: Motspur Park Gasholders Site Hearing Documents | London Datastore
3. At this time GLA officers are working with the applicant to finalise the s106 agreement before the Decision Notice (the ‘record’) can be finalised and published. Please note that we intend to publish the engrossments imminently.
4. No changes were received following the GLA call-in. The information that the GLA holds within the scope of this part of your request is available on the Local Planning Authority (LPA) websites (See useful links)
5. The latest working draft is available online. (See above)
6. The information we hold within the scope of this part of your request is available on the Local Authority websites. You may wish to contact Transport for London (TfL) who have undertaken their own correspondence with the three LPA’s.([email protected]).
7. All technical reports are available online and remain unchanged from the LPA.
8. All minutes, notes or records of meetings, discussions or presentations relating to the application following publication of the Stage 3 report 

9. 9. Correspondance between GLA officers, the Mayor or deputy Mayor, Transport for London, the applicant.

   Parts 8 and 9 of your request falls under the exception to disclose because it is considered to be ‘manifestly unreasonable’ under regulation 12(4)(b) of the Environmental Information Regulation (EIR). This provision allows public authorities to refuse requests which are obviously or clearly unreasonable or when the estimated cost of compliance is too great. 

   In reaching this decision we have considered the views of the Upper (Information Rights) Tribunal in ‘Craven v IC & DECCC [2012] UKUT442 (AAC)’ in respect of the EIR exception under regulation 12(4)(b), the formal guidance issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office, along with Decision Notices regarding this EIR exception, such as FS50585926, amongst others, which all acknowledge that public authorities may use the fees regulations as the basis of considering the cost and time of complying with a request. A search of one staff account has returned 628 emails, many of which also include attachments. Once the search has been expanded across other staff accounts, this figure is likely to increase significantly.