22 May 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainant has asked North Hertfordshire District Council to provide him with copies of a viability assessment report commissioned by the owner of The Cabinet Public House in Reed, Hertfordshire, together with an independent verification report commissioned by the Council. The Council has refused the complainant’s request in reliance on section 43(2) of the FOIA and Regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that North Hertfordshire District Council has correctly applied Regulation 12(5)(e) to the two reports and the Council is therefore entitled to withhold them from the complainant.
EIR 12(5)(e): Not upheld