London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (the Council) seeking information about the decision to terminate the lease of Pensford Field. The Council withheld information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of regulation 12(4)(e) (internal communications) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that whilst most of the withheld information falls within the scope of regulation 12(4)(e), the public interest favours disclosure of this information. There is one piece of withheld information which the Commissioner has concluded does not fall within the scope of regulation 12(4)(e), and even if it did, then the public interest would also favour disclosure of that information.