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Woking Borough Council

The complainant has requested confirmation as to whether the council had provided a sum of £250,000,000 to a developer in association with plans to develop Woking Football Club’s football stadium and a residential development to facilitate this. The council refused to confirm or deny whether it held any information relevant to the request, citing section 43 of the Act, (commercial interests). However, during the course of the Commissioner's investigation of an associated case, the council published the information it holds relating to this via a weblink. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council did not comply with section 10(1) of the Act in that it did not disclose the information within 20 working days of receiving the request for information. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps. 

EIR 5(2): Complaint upheld FOI 10(1): Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fer0888239