Cheshire West and Chester Council

The complainant requested information relating to a planning application from Cheshire West and Chester Council (“the Council”). The Council disclosed some information within the scope of the request, however, it withheld other information citing regulation 12(5)(f) (interests of the information provider) and regulation 13 (personal data) as its bases for doing so. The complainant believes that the Council holds further information within the scope of the request. However, the Council’s position is that it has disclosed or issued a valid refusal notice for all of the information held within the scope of the request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that: on the balance of probabilities, the Council does not hold further information within the scope of the request; the Council is entitled to withhold the information withheld under regulation 12(5)(f) (interests of the information provider) on this basis; the Council is entitled to withhold the information withheld under regulation 13 (personal data) on this basis.
The Commissioner does not require further steps. Information Tribunal FT/EA/2024/0129 under appeal.