Summary: The complainant has requested information relating to proposed works to be carried out on hot water and heating systems on a residential estate. CityWest Homes Limited (-CWH-) provided some of the requested information and withheld some information under the exemption for legal professional privilege (section 42(1) of the FOIA). The Commissioner-s decision is that CityWest Homes Limited: complied with section 1(1) of the FOIA in relation to part 9 of the request but failed to respond within 20 working days and breached section 10(1) of the FOIA; and correctly applied section 42(1) to the withheld information with the public interest favouring maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 42 - Complaint Not upheld