Wiltshire County Council

The complainant has requested information about s106 contributions in respect of the development of a new Aldi Store in Malmesbury. Wiltshire County Council disclosed some information and withheld other information under the exceptions for the confidentiality of proceedings (regulation 12(5)(d)) and commercial confidentiality (regulation 12(5)(e)). During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the public authority dropped its reliance on exceptions and disclosed the previously withheld information to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that Wiltshire County Council failed to disclose the requested information within the statutory time limit and breached regulation 5(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.