20 October 2015, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested recorded information from the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council. The complainant seeks information relating to planning applications concerning the home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly applied Regulation 12(5)(a) of the EIR. The Commissioner finds that disclosure of the requested information would adversely affect the national security of the United Kingdom and it is for this reason that the Commissioner finds that the Council is entitled to withhold the information which the complainant seeks. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any further action in this matter.
EIR 12(5)(a): Not upheld