Kirklees Metropolitan Council

The complainant has requested information about land adjacent to a Redrow housing development in Huddersfield. Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council disclosed some information and withheld other information under the exceptions for commercial confidentiality (regulation 12(5)(e)) and interests of the information provider (regulation 12(5)(f)). The Commissioner’s decision is that Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council has failed to demonstrate that regulation 12(5)(e) and regulation 12(5)(f) is engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the requested information to the complainant. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.