CAMPAIGNERS opposed to the waste incinerator planned for Javelin Park near Stroud have won a long-running battle to obtain the full details of the contract.

Following a ruling by the government’s Information Commissioner, Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is now required to disclose the information.

Campaign group GlosVAIN and others have long sought the financial details held within the contract between the council and Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB).

A request for the full incinerator contract and business case was made to the Council under Freedom of Information (FOI) rules in January 2015.

Following further refusal by the council to release full details, a complaint was made to the Information Commissioners Office, which adjudicates on disputed FOI requests.

Following a five-month review of the case, the Commissioner issued his decision via a Decision Notice on October 8.

To the delight of campaigners, the Decision Notice now sees the ICO order GCC to release all the information previously withheld in both the contract and business case.

This is expected to include key financial information and key dates.

Campaigners are expecting the information today.

Haresfield resident, Cos Ttofa, whose FOI request yielded the ICO decision, commented on the outcome.

“The ICO ruling is great news,” he said.

“Once the Council release the information, we the public will finally get to see the full facts relating to this incinerator. It has been a long waiting game.

GCC is currently preparing a statement.