8 September 2015, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested copies of four internal emails which are held by Cambridge City Council. The emails concern an unauthorised development on land within a residential area and to enforcement action taken by the Council and an appeal made by the complainant to the Planning Inspectorate. The Council has withheld the four emails in reliance on Regulations 12(5)(b) and 12(4)(e). The Commissioner’s decision is that Cambridge City Council has properly applied Regulation 12(5)(b) to the withheld emails and the Council is entitled to withhold them. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any further action in this matter. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.
EIR 12(5)(b): Not upheld