EIR - Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) register [Aug 2023]

Your request 

I would like to get some information about construction site’s operating and NRMM/Generator use in London around Marylebone/ Bond street metro station and Euston station during these time periods: 2021/07/01 – 2021/08/31 and 2021/12/15 – 2022/01/31.

Our response

Please find attached a copy of the Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) register. We have provided the register for the dates requested for the City of Westminster, and the London Borough of Camden where your requested sites are located. Please note that some fields within the register have been withheld from disclosure under Regulation 12 (5)(b), The course of justice and inquiries exception and Regulation 13, Personal information.

• Regulation 12 (5)(b) The course of justice and inquiries

This exception is very wide in coverage, in this instance it is used to cover material covered by any adverse effect on law enforcement. An adverse effect in this case relates to all aspects of the prevention and detection of crime and is engaged because the release of this information would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime.

Public disclosure of exemption identification will allow persons with malintent to undermine the aims of the NRMM register by using another supplier’s identification to use retrofitted or specialist equipment without authorisation.

We also consider that data which can be linked to site or supplier specific inventories would be likely be facilitate onsite theft and/ or vandalism. The machinery found on construction sites are expensive, which means that replacing these stolen items can produce significant financial pressure.

• Regulation 13 (Personal information)

Information that identifies specific employees constitutes as personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.

The GLA acknowledges that there is a public interest in transparency in relation to the operation of machinery which has met the standards set out in our policies, either by original manufacture or by retrofit. This is particularly true for the construction sector which is a significant contributor to London’s air pollution.

However, the public interest is best served by ensuring withholding minimal data which would otherwise be likely to have a detrimental effect on efforts by the construction sector to prevent criminal activity. The public interest is served by releasing a sufficient volume of data to facilitate public understanding of the NRMM register and be able to draw conclusions on the impact of on the environment from that data. For further information please visit: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air-qual…