Gateshead Council

The complainant has requested information held by Gateshead Council on pre-application advice requests relating to sites within the Metrogreen area since the publication of the Metrogreen Topic Paper in July 2012. The Commissioner’s decision is that Gateshead Council has correctly applied the exception where disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of proceedings at regulation 12(5)(d) of the EIR. She does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.