Leeds City Council
- Date 2 December 2014
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.d: Partly upheld, EIR 12.5.e: Partly upheld, EIR 14: Upheld, EIR 15: Upheld
The complainant has requested information relating to a proposed development at the Thorp Arch Estate in Wetherby. Leeds City Council disclosed some information and withheld other information under the exceptions for information in the course of completion (regulation 12(4)(d)) and adverse effect to the confidentiality of commercial information (regulation 12(5)(e)). The Commissioner’s decision is that Leeds City Council disclosed the (non-excepted) information held and complied with regulation 5(1) of the EIR, failed to issue a refusal notice in time and breached regulation 14(2), wrongly withheld information under regulation 14(d) and, wrongly withheld information under regulation 15(e). The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the Draft Decision Notice and the Viability Assessment to the complainant.