Knowle relocation project: District Council publishes reports - but others 'are still being deliberated'

At 4pm this afternoon, the District Council published five reports which had been the subject of a case with the Information Tribunal:

Council publishes online second phase of historical Knowle relocation documents

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2 June 2015

Tribunal approves release of Reports 1-4 and 6

East Devon District Council has been given the go ahead by the Information Tribunal to publish with immediate effect five reports relating to the sale of the Knowle. The information – Reports 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 – has now been added to those documents that are already published on the East Devon website. The only redactions (blacked out words) will be those that protect the confidentiality of commercial third parties involved in the Knowle sale.
All the reports relating to East Devon District Council’s relocation can be found in theProject Document Archive.
In the meantime, the council is still awaiting permission from the Tribunal to publish Reports 5, 5a and 7, which are still being deliberated. These reports are similar in format to those already released, but the content they contain still remains confidential while it is governed by the appeal process.
Commenting on the Tribunal’s approval to release further key historical documents, Deputy Chief Executive Richard Cohen said:

We are now in a position to publish information that was previously deemed confidential and we are doing so immediately, which will fill in the gaps among papers already published by the council. However, we have not had a final direction from the Tribunal on the three remaining documents. “All the documents that we have already published or are waiting permission to publish are a record of things such as operating costs, development costs and land values – now largely out of date - covering the first phase of the project from 2009-2013.

2 June 2015 - Council publishes online second phase of historical Knowle relocation documents - East Devon

The District COuncil is also highlighting on its home page the latest in its 'Moving and Improving' project:

Moving and Improving

The moving and improving pages provide information about East Devon office relocation and move from the Knowle and new ways of working project

1. Moving and Improving: all you need to know about the office relocation

   Find information about why we are looking to move office, the options considered and our next steps

2. Project Document Archive

   Contains documents from this project

Moving and Improving - East Devon

See also:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "There are some important questions to be answered."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: in 2009 "initial findings found the cost of relocation to be prohibitive."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: the Information Commissioner's decision notice on another Freedom of Information request: "The council’s approach was neither in the spirit nor the letter of the legislation."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "The main thing is process."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: 'key documents' are published - but outstanding reports still yet ‘to be published in line with tribunal directions’
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "The Council is currently reviewing historic project information as part of our stated commitment to publish."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "Progress reports to date must be released"
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "We will be introducing new steps to improve transparency."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: Breaking news >>> FOI request goes to Tribunal: District Council loses appeal >>> further reports
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