Stroud District Council

The complainant requested information relating to the Stroud Subscription Rooms. Stroud District Council (the Council) provided some information within the scope of the request but refused to provide the remainder citing sections 22 (information intended for future publication), 36 (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) and 42 (legal professional privilege) of the FOIA. The Commissioner has investigated the Council’s application of section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) and (c) to the information within the scope of part (7) of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council correctly applied section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the FOIA to the withheld information. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps as a result of this decision.