Lord Street/North Quay development

Summary

The requester asked for communications, tender documents, rent details, and a draft lease regarding the Lord Street/North Quay development. The Department for Enterprise released correspondence from the three months prior to the request but redacted personal contact information for developer staff.

Key Facts

• The request concerned the Lord Street/North Quay development project.
• The Department for Enterprise provided correspondence between the Development Team Co-ordinator and developers Kane Ltd and JLL.
• Personal telephone numbers of developer staff were redacted from the released documents.
• The request was clarified to cover the three months prior to 6 March 2018.
• The response was issued on 18 April 2018.

Data Disclosed

• 361185
• 2018-03-06
• 2018-04-18
• 15
• 1
• section 25
• 2002
• schedule 2
• Part 2
• 2015

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Absolutely exempt personal information)
• Data Protection Act 2002 (Fairness and lawfulness principles)

Original Request

A copy of all communications the Dept has had with the devopler announced this week for the Lord Street site. Was their a tender process, if so all documents relating to this What rent will govt obtain from the site. A copy of the draft lease Clarification: "Thank you for your letter. It's difficult to be specfic without seeing any of the documents. If we start will the exchange of correspondence between the Dept and the Devolper for the last three months. I hope this narrows this down and is mangable for you"

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624) 685375 Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: steven.tallach@gov.im

Your ref: ### Our ref: 361185 18 April 2018

Dear ###

Your request We write further to your request which was received on 6 March 2018 and which requests:

"A copy of all communications the Dept has had with the devopler announced this week for the Lord Street site. Was their a tender process, if so all documents relating to this. What rent will govt obtain from the site. A copy of the draft lease.” We wrote to you to request clarification of your request and you replied: "Thank you for your letter. It's difficult to be specific without seeing any of the documents. If we start will the exchange of correspondence between the Dept and the Developer for the last three months. I hope this narrows this down and is manageable for you.”

Our response We enclose copies of correspondence between the Development Team Co-ordinator for the Department for Enterprise and the Lord Street/South Quay developers, for the 3 months prior to 6 March 2018, when we received your request.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we have redacted some of the information contained in the correspondence (specifically personal information such as personal telephone numbers of developer staff from Kane Ltd and JLL) because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely Page 2 of 3 exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that the Department: • is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data under the Data Protection Act 2002. • is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles, namely that the Department can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions in schedule 2 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met. Please quote the reference number 361185 in any future communications. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to us at: Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624) 685375 Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: steven.tallach@gov.im

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi. I will now close your request as of this date.

Page 3 of 3 Yours sincerely