By virtue of paragraph(s) 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.
Condition:
Information is not exempt information if it relates to proposed development for which the local planning authority may grant itself planning permission pursuant to regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992
Information which-(a)falls within any of paragraphs 1 to 7 above; and (b)is not prevented from being exempt by virtue of paragraph 8 or 9 above, is exempt information if and so long, as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information
The requirement relates to critical ICT infrastructure necessary to support ongoing service delivery, which is not in the Council’s financial or operational interests to delay.