Information Commissioner's Office

Medway Council

13 June 2017, Local government (District council)

The complainant has requested information relating to a specific planning application. The Commissioner’s decision is that Medway Council has failed to demonstrate that the exception at regulation 12(5)(e) where disclosure would have an adverse effect upon the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest is engaged. She has also decided that the council does not hold any further information relevant to the requests in this case. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the information requested at part 1.b.i. of the request to ensure compliance with the legislation.

EIR 12(5)(e): Upheld EIR 5(1): Not upheld