21 April 2015, Local government (Parish council)
The complainant has requested recorded information from Ash Parish Council (“the Council”) which relates to its judicial review of the decision by Guildford Borough Council to grant permission to build 400 houses on land south of Ash Lodge Drive – Reference 12/P/10973. The Council provided the complainant with a letter it received from Ash Residents’ Association, but withheld other information in reliance on the exception to disclosure provided by Regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Ash Parish Council has properly applied Regulation 12(5)(b) to the withheld information. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take the any further action in this matter.
EIR 12(5)(b): Not upheld