Summary: The complainant has requested copies of correspondence between the chief executive of the council and various other named parties. The council provided some correspondence to the complainant. However it withheld other information on the basis that section 36 of the Act applied. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Ashford Borough Council was correct to apply section 36(2)(b)(i) and section 36(2)(c) to the information which it withheld. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Information Tribunal.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld