4 August 2016, Local government (City council)
The complainant has requested information regarding a joint waste contract relating to the Sinfin Tannery site. Derby City Council disclosed some information and withheld other information under the exception for the confidentiality of commercial information – regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that Derby City Council failed to demonstrate that the exception in regulation 12(5)(e) is engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the withheld information to the complainant.
EIR 12(5)(e): Upheld