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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local government) [2019] UKICO fer0709077 (20 March 2019)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2019/fer0709077.html
Cite as: [2019] UKICO fer709077, [2019] UKICO fer0709077
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Ards and North Down Borough Council
The complainant has requested the minutes of meetings that took place between the Ards and North Down Borough Council’s (the council) Planning and Environmental Health departments, his local golf club and/or their consultants and local residents. The council disclosed one set of notes, with a paragraph redacted under regulation 13 of the EIR. The council however refused to disclose the remaining set of minutes under regulations 12(5)(b) and 12(5)(f) of the EIR. The complainant is concerned with the remaining set of minutes and the council’s refusal to disclose this information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council is entitled to rely on regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR and that the public interest rests in favour of maintaining the exception. The Commissioner has however found the council in breach of regulations 11 and 14(2) and 14(3) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any further action to be taken.EIR 11: Complaint upheld EIR 12(5)(b): Complaint not upheld EIR 14: Complaint upheld
Decision notice: fer0709077