Mid Devon District Council

The complainant requested information from Mid Devon District Council relating to a report produced by a working group into the lessons learned from 3 Rivers Developments. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Council holds information within the scope of part 2 of the request and further information within the scope of part 3 of the request, beyond the list in the working group report. The Commissioner requires the Council to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: issue a fresh response to the request to the complainant, having carried out further searches to identify any information held within the scope of parts 2 and 3 of the request. These searches should not be limited to identifying existing lists, but should be designed to identify any information held within the scope of these two parts of the request including “building blocks” of information.