Issue - meetings

To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the public

RESOLVED – That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated exempt on the grounds that it is likely, in the view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information so designated as follows:

(a)  Appendix 1 to the report referred to in minute 197 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that this information is not publicly available from the statutory registers of information kept in respect of certain companies and charities.  It is considered that since this information will be obtained through inviting of best and final offers for the property/land then it is not in the public interest to disclose this information at this point in time and will affect the integrity of disposing of property/land by this process.  Also it is considered that the release of such information would or would be likely to prejudice the Council’s commercial interests in relation to other similar transactions in that prospective purchasers of other similar properties would be informed about the nature and level of offers which may prove acceptable to the Council.  It is considered that whilst there may be a public interest in disclosure, much of this information will be publicly available from the Land Registry following completion of this transaction and consequently the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information at this point in time.

(b)  Appendices 1 and 3 to the report referred to in minute 198 under the terms of Access to Information Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that publication could prejudice the Council’s commercial interests as they include financial information relating to land and property that if published could influence negotiations between the Council and private property owners.  In these circumstances it is considered that the public interest in not disclosing this commercial information outweighs the interests of disclosure.

(c)  Appendix 5 to the report referred to in minute 202, which was circulated at the meeting under the terms of Council Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption in relation to the appendix outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information by reason of the commercially sensitive information concerning the individual site values contained therein.

(d)  Appendix 1 to the report referred to in minute 204 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 4 and on the grounds that publication could prejudice the City Council’s commercial interests as it includes financial information relating to land and property.