Information Commissioner's Office

Lewisham London Borough Council

18 September 2014, Local government (Borough council)

The complainant has requested information in connection with Lewisham Council’s decision to dispose of its freehold interest in the land adjoining ‘The Den’ and leased to Millwall Football Club. Lewisham Council has responded to the complainant’s request by stating that some of the information is not held but of that which is held, some has been disclosed and the rest withheld under Regulations 12(5)(b) and 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The complainant has made representations as to why she believes Lewisham Council has failed to comply with her request but to date has not received a substantive response. The Commissioner’s decision is that Lewisham Council has breached Regulations 5(2) and 11(4) of the EIR by firstly failing to respond to the complainant’s request within 20 working days and secondly by failing to respond to the representations in her email dated 19 May 2014 within 40 working days or at all. The Commissioner requires Lewisham Council to respond to the representations made by the complainant in her email dated 19 May 2014.

EIR 5: Upheld EIR 11: Upheld