Information Commissioner's Office

Lambeth London Borough Council

22 November 2016, Local government (Borough council)

The complainant has requested a copy of the financial model that was used to calculate and provide the figures in a viability assessment produced for the Cressingham Gardens regeneration options. The Council provided some redacted datasheets containing assumptions and appraisal outputs relating to the viability assessment. It stated however that it would be manifestly unreasonable, on the basis of burden, to comply with the request for the financial model itself and therefore regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR applied. The Commissioner has found that regulation 12(4)(b) is engaged and has decided that in all the circumstances the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by the public interest in favour of maintaining the exception. She does not therefore require any steps to be taken as a result of this notice.

EIR 12(4)(b): Not upheld