The complainant requested a copy of a financial viability appraisal in relation to a revised development scheme. The public authority withheld the information by virtue of regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that some of the information was correctly withheld but that other information should have been disclosed. The Commissioner has therefore ordered disclosure of all information falling within the scope of the request, except that which the Commissioner has concluded is exempt under regulation 12(5)(e). The Commissioner has also identified procedural shortcomings in the way the Council handled the complainant’s request.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: EIR 5 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 5 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 12.5.e – Complaint Partly Upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 – Complaint Upheld
[2011] UKICO FER0367524
Bailii
England and Wales
Updated: 15 September 2021; Ref: scu.530923