South Holland District Council

The complainant has requested information from South Holland District Council (“the Council”), in relation to the valuation of a property. The Council provided a report but withheld some information from it under certain exemptions of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that, since the report related to the complainant’s property at the time, all the information that was requested is the complainant’s own personal data. She therefore finds that the Council was not obliged to supply any information under the FOIA, as any information which the Council holds within the scope of the request would attract the absolute exemption at Section 40(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any steps.