Winchester City Council
- Date 28 September 2011
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.e: Partly upheld, EIR 14: Upheld, EIR 5: Upheld
The complainant requested a copy of a financial viability appraisal in relation to a revised development scheme. The public authority withheld the information by virtue of regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that some of the information was correctly withheld but that other information should have been disclosed. The Commissioner has therefore ordered disclosure of all information falling within the scope of the request, except that which the Commissioner has concluded is exempt under regulation 12(5)(e). The Commissioner has also identified procedural shortcomings in the way the Council handled the complainant’s request.