London Borough of Havering

The complainant has requested information about a development. Havering Council (‘the council’) disclosed some information and withheld the remainder under regulations 12(5)(d), 12(5)(e), 12(5)(f) of the EIR. These exceptions concern the confidentiality of proceedings, commercial information and the interests of the person who provided the information, respectively. The council also withheld personal data under regulation 12(3). The council subsequently identified further information that it considered could be disclosed, with personal data redacted. The Commissioner’s decision is that: Regulation 12(5)(e) and regulation 13 of the EIR (also personal data) are engaged in respect of the information that the council is withholding.The timeliness of the council’s response complied with regulation 7(3) but didn’t comply with regulations 5(2) and 14(1). The Commissioner requires that the council takes the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose to the complainant the information it’s no longer withholding and which is discussed at paragraph 13 of this notice. Personal data should be redacted from this information under regulation 13.should be redacted from this information under regulation 13.