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Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-47572
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East Cambridgeshire District Council
The complainant requested information from East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) about enforcement action in relation to a breach of planning control. The request related to an active prosecution case which was being pursued by South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC), partially on behalf of ECDC. The complainant submitted a request to SCDC for the same information, which was refused, and the Commissioner upheld the refusal in that case. In this case, ECDC applied section 42 to withhold the information (legal professional privilege). Given the overall context of the requests and the overlap in withheld information with the SCDC case, the Commissioner has used her own discretion and decided that the exemptions in section 31(1)(b) and 31(1)(c) are applicable to the information held by ECDC. She has also decided that the public interest rests in the exemptions being maintained. The Commissioner does not require the council to take any steps.FOI 31(1)(c): Complaint not upheld FOI 31(1)(b): Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: IC-47572