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Mid Devon District Council

  • Date 13 December 2022
  • Sector Local government
  • Decision(s) EIR 12.5.b: Not upheld

The complainant has requested Mid Devon District Council (the council) to disclose information relating to a particular item that came up in the Cabinet Agenda in February 2022, which had not been in the Forward Plan for 28 days. The council disclosed some information, but withheld the remainder in accordance with regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was entitled to refuse to disclose the remaining information in accordance with regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. He has however recorded a breach of regulation 5 of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any further action to be taken.