Wrexham County Borough Council

The complainant requested copies of two reports relating to the acquisition of a property next to a local school. Wrexham County Borough Council (‘the Council’) refused the request under regulation 12(4)(e) and regulation 13. The Commissioner’s decision is regulation 12(4)(e) is engaged but the public interest in maintaining the exception is outweighed by the public interest in disclosure. However, the Commissioner has determined that the Council correctly applied regulation 13 to third party personal data contained within the reports. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the information which has been withheld under regulation 12(4)(e) only, ie the information withheld under regulation 13 should be redacted from the reports.