Access to information

Data protection legislation (General Data Protection Regulations and the Data Protection Act 2018) gives you certain rights. Find out more here.

Under The Freedom of Information Act any person or organisation has the right to request information held by the council.

The right of access to environmental information held by the council.

Fair processing notices (sometimes referred to as privacy notices), set out the information we need to provide to you when you use our services.

In keeping with government legislation, the council makes much of the information it holds publicly available on our website through the publication scheme.

This page covers what personal information the police and other agencies can request and how to action these requests.

You can see here our performance when responding to information requests.