South Oxfordshire District Council
- Date 27 October 2025
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) EIR 12(5)(d): Not upheld, EIR 13: Not upheld
The complainant requested from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils (the Council) information relating to a statutory nuisance odour complaint against a specific restaurant. The Council withheld some of the information and cited regulation 12(5)(d) (confidentiality of proceedings) of the EIR and regulation 13 (personal information) of the EIR.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council was entitled to rely of the exceptions cited to refuse to provide the information requested at some parts of the request.
The Commissioner does not require the Council to take any further steps as a result of this decision.