Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Mentmore Parish Council (Local government) [2025] UKICO 346124 (21 May 2025)
The complainant has requested copies of minutes, agendas, correspondence and accounts covering June and July 2023. After correspondence between the public authority and the complainant, he amended this to include copies of communications sent by a named Councillor. Mentmore Parish Council (-the Council-) refused the request, citing section 14(1) (vexatious) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-s decision is that the Council is entitled to rely on section 14(1) to refuse the request. The Commissioner does not require further steps.