Carmarthenshire County Council
- Date 4 May 2017
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 13: Not upheld, EIR 5: Not upheld
The complainant requested various pieces of information about a particular property. Carmarthenshire County Council (‘the Council’) stated it did not hold some of the information requested and withheld other information under regulations 12(5)(b) and 13 of the EIR and section 40(2) of the FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the Council acknowledged that some of the information requested constituted the complainant’s own personal data. The Commissioner has concluded that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council does not hold information relating to one part of the request. The Commissioner has also determined that the remaining withheld information is exempt from disclosure under regulation 5(3) and 13 of the EIR of FOIA as it contains the personal data of the complainant and the personal data of third parties. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.