The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives the public a right to request information from public authorities to promote openness, transparency, and accountability in public services. The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) provide similar rights regarding any environmental information.
You may ask to see any information we hold, and we must disclose it unless an exemption applies or other legislation prohibits its release.
If you want to submit a formal information request to be processed under the FOIA or the EIR, please read our guidance on our Freedom of Information and Environmental Information requests page.
If you interact with the Lake District National Park Authority in any way, we may need to collect and use your personal data.
Our Privacy Notice explains:
- What data we collect about you, and in which situations.
- How we collect your personal data.
- The purposes for which we use your personal data.
- Whom we might share your personal data with, and in which situations.
- How we keep your data safe.
- How you can exercise your data privacy rights.
The privacy notice also provides details of our Data Protection Officer, who is responsible for overseeing questions relating to the Privacy Notice. Please contact the Data Protection Officer if you have any questions, comments, or complaints about our use of your personal data.
How to find the information you need
Our Publications and plans page will be your main landing page for information, proactively published and updated by the Lake District National Park Authority. This is done in compliance with the requirements of FOIA Section 19 for public authorities’ publication schemes.
Among other things, you will find information about:
- Who we are and what we do.
- What we spend and how we spend it.
- How we make our decisions.
- Our policies and procedures.
Many of the information requests submitted to us concern planning applications. The information you need may already be available in the Citizen Portal Planning.
Some of the information requests we receive concern information we don’t have in our possession but may be available from the unitary authorities in our area (Westmorland and Furness Council and Cumberland Council).
If you want to submit a formal information request to the unitary authorities:
These are examples of information types for which we have advised requesters to contact the unitary authorities because we didn’t hold the requested information:
- Contaminated land.
- Vehicles registered as taxis.
- Fly tipping.
- Landfills and waste sites.
These are examples of environmental information types for which we have advised requesters to contact the Environment Agency because we didn’t hold the requested information:
- Monitoring of flood levels and flood impact on communities.
