FOI release

Full Business Case for A303 Stonehenge

This request was refused in full, so we didn't provide the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference EIR2024/01040

Received 11 September 2024

Published 5 November 2024

Request

The National Highways Annual report and accounts 2024 (For the financial year ended 31 March 2024) states that the Full Business Case for the A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down) was approved by the National Highways Investment Committee in 2024. Please supply me with the Full Business Case as approved.

Response

Information withheld

This information has been withheld under exception in Regulation 12(4)(d) - Material in the course of completion, unfinished documents, and incomplete data of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

This is because the draft Full Business Case (FBC) is material in the course of completion and therefore an unfinished document. Releasing it at this point will present a misleading and incomplete picture of the scheme and the impact it will have.

In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the public interest in disclosure. The key public interest factors for and against disclosure are attached.

Advice and Assistance

You are welcome to make a new request at a later date. As the scheme has been cancelled the draft FBC will not be submitted to HM Treasury for approval. However we expect to complete the draft FBC approximately one month after we receive the legal decision.

Documents

• EIR202401040 - Public Interest Test .pdf (67.3 KB)

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