3 September 2014, Local government (District council)
The complainant has requested information relating to a planning contravention notice. East Lindsey District Council provided some of the requested information but withheld other information under the exemption for investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities (sections 30(1)(b) and 30(2)(a)&(b) of the FOIA). Elements of the disclosed information were also redacted for third party personal data under section 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that East Lindsey District Council wrongly handled the request under the FOIA and breached regulation 5(2) and regulation 14 of the EIR, correctly withheld information under regulation 13 of the EIR, correctly withheld information under regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
FOI 30: Partly upheld FOI 40: Not upheld