Oxford City Council
- Date 30 January 2020
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 42: Not upheld
The complainant has asked Oxford City Council for copies of communications and records of contacts between GL Hearn and the Council which relate to the commissioning, production and approval of the content of the Oxford Local Plan. The Commissioner has established that the Council does not hold any information within the scope of the complainant’s request other than an annotated ‘Clarification Note’ which is the subject of the Council’s application of section 42(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Oxford City Council has complied with section 1 of the FOIA and also that it has properly applied the exemption to disclosure provided by section 42(1).