Newark and Sherwood District Council

The complainant has requested full legal documentation referred to in a Planning Committee meeting on 8 November 2011. The Commissioner’s decision is that Newark and Sherwood District Council has failed to demonstrate that the exception at regulation 12(5)(e) where disclosure would have an adverse effect upon the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest is engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the withheld information to the complainant.