ICO Decision Notice – The complainant has requested information relating to the possible development of Salters Field. Aldenham Parish Council dealt with the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and withheld the requested information because it was ‘commercially sensitive’. The council’s internal review upheld its initial handling of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the requested information is environmental information and that the council should have handled the request under the EIR rather than the FOIA. He has also decided that the council failed to demonstrate that the information engages the exception relating to the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information and failed to issue a valid refusal notice. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the withheld information to the complainant.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: EIR 12.5.e – Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld
[2012] UKICO FER0454855
Bailii
Freedom of Information Act 2000
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 13 December 2021; Ref: scu.529595
