Information Commissioner's Office

Cornwall Council

4 October 2016, Local government (District council)

The complainant has requested the location of a named council officer on a given day, reports relating to a specified planning application, and correspondence between the named council officer and third parties. Cornwall Council (the council) initially withheld the location of the officer under regulation 13 as it considered that it was personal data, it provided some information and withheld other material under regulation 12(4)(b) as it would be manifestly unreasonable to provide the information. The complainant asked the Commissioner to investigate the application of regulation 12(4)(b).  The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to rely on the exception in this case to withhold the requested information. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.

EIR 12(4)(b): Not upheld