26 January 2017, Local government (District council)
The complainants requested information on the sale or potential sale of a strip of land for development, together with other correspondence relating to the sale and copies of emails from a councillor. The Commissioner’s decision is that on a balance of probabilities the council was correct to state that no further information is held falling within the scope of the request. He has also decided that the council did not comply with Regulation 5(2) (time for compliance) in respect of part (v) of the request. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.
EIR 5(1): Not upheld EIR 5(2): Upheld