Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Date 11 March 2020
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.e: Not upheld
The complainant requested a copy of a contract between The Royal Borough of Greenwich and a consortia comprising of Lovell Partnerships Limited, Morgan Sindall Group Plc and Asra Housing Association Limited in relation to the redevelopment of 3 housing estates collectively referred to as the Woolwich Estates. The public authority disclosed a significant amount of information from the contract and withheld the rest of the information relying on the exceptions at regulations 12(5)(e) (confidentiality of commercial information) and 13 (personal data) of the EIR. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exception at regulation 12(5)(e).