Tenterden Schools Trust
- Date 8 December 2022
- Sector Education
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.e: Not upheld, EIR 14: Upheld, EIR 5: Upheld
The complainant has requested information from Tenterden Schools Trust (‘TST’) about an application to dispose of a former playing field.The Commissioner’s decision is that the requested information is environmental information which TST should have handled under the EIR. The information TST is withholding is commercially sensitive and engages regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR. The public interest favours maintaining the exception. TST breached regulation 5(2) and 14 as it did not communicate information or cite an EIR exception within 20 working days of the request. First-tier tribunal (General Regulatory chamber) information rights appeal EA/2023/0007 struck out.