Exclusion of the Press and Public

September 17, 2026 Farms Estate Committee (Committee) Awaiting outcome View on council website

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Summary

The Farms Estate Committee of Devon Council resolved to exclude the press and public from the meeting on 17 September 2026. This exclusion was based on the likely disclosure of exempt information concerning tenants and financial or business affairs, where the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure.

Full council record

Decision

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to, and which was likely to reveal the identity of, tenants and information relating to the financial or business affairs of tenants and the County Council and, in accordance with Section 36 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, by virtue of the fact that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Details

Decision date17 Sep 2026