University of Exeter

The complainant has requested information about Liveable Exeter Place Board and Exeter Place Partnership meetings. The University of Exeter (‘the University’) relied on regulation 12(4)(d) of the EIR (material still in the course of completion) to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the University was not entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(d) of the EIR to withhold the requested information as it was not engaged. He also finds that it breached regulation 14(3)(b) of the EIR by failing to include its public interest considerations in its refusal notice. The Commissioner does not require further steps.