Response 4035393

Response to request for information

Reference

4035393

Response date

10 June 2026

Request

Can you please provide historic noise complaint data for the White Horse 60 Church Street, Ruddington NG11 6HD

Response

Your request for information which we hold has been treated as a formal Freedom of Information Request. Section 30 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 sets out that information is exempt from release under the act if it falls under section 30(2)a(iii), which states as follows:

30 (2) Information held by a public authority is exempt information if—
(a) it was obtained or recorded by the authority for the purposes of its functions relating 
(iii) investigations (other than investigations falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b)) which are conducted by the authority for any of the purposes specified in section 31(2) and either by virtue of Her Majesty’s prerogative or by virtue of powers conferred by or under any enactment, 

In respect of the reference to ‘purposes specified in Section 31(2), in this case the specific clauses is 31(2)c:

C) the purpose of ascertaining whether circumstances which would justify regulatory action in pursuance of any enactment exist or may arise,

In this case the regulatory action into which the council would be investigating would be action under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

In addition Section 30(3) states:

(3) The duty to confirm or deny does not arise in relation to information which is (or if it were held by the public authority would be) exempt information by virtue of subsection (1) or (2).

As such the council would not be required to provide this information requested if it were held by us, but in addition we are also not required to confirm that we do hold any such information.