London Borough of Lambeth

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Lambeth (the Council) seeking information about the potential new development of Bellevue Garden located at Clapham Road. The Council confirmed that it held some information but withheld this in full on the basis of regulations 12(4)(e) (internal communications), 12(5)(d) (confidentiality of proceedings), 12(5)(e) (confidentiality of commercial or industrial information) and 12(5)(f) (interests of the person who provided the information) of the EIR. The Council subsequently disclosed some information to the complainant, withholding the remainder on the basis of the previously cited exceptions. The Commissioner’s decision is that withheld information is not exempt from disclosure on the basis of any of the exceptions cited and furthermore that is likely that the Council holds further information falling within the scope of the request.