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Hastings Borough Council
28 March 2017, Local government (Borough council)
The complainant has requested a technical report relating to a caravan site. Hastings Borough Council initially withheld the information under the FOIA exemption for information provided in confidence (section 41) but, during the Commissioner’s investigation reconsidered the request under the EIR and withheld the information under the exceptions for confidentiality of proceedings (regulation 12(5)(d)), commercial confidentiality (regulation 12(5)(e)) and interests of the information provider (regulation 12(5)(f)). The Commissioner’s decision is that Hastings Borough Council breached regulation 5(1) and regulation 14 and failed to demonstrate that the exceptions in regulations 12(5)(d), 12(5)(e) and 12(5)(f) are engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the withheld information.
EIR 5(1): Upheld EIR 14: Upheld EIR 12(5)(d): Upheld EIR 12(5)(e): Upheld EIR 12(5)(f): Upheld