Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Herefordshire Council

This is a disclosure log of Herefordshire Council's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Highway A4110 Aymestrey Road Works

    Highway A4110 adjacent to Wit's End, Aymestrey HR6 9ST

    The works have involved excavating the road surface to expose and repair a leaking water pipe crossing the highway in this location. These repeatedly ineffective works have taken place on numerous occasions over the last few years. Most recently they have involved digging up (several times) the new surface of the completely resurfaced highway.

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    CLARIFICATION: My request is that the Council supply information as to when Welsh Water has requested and been granted permissions for highway works and associated matters (e.g. traffic lights) at this location. Further details are in my previous emails. So the question is when and on what dates.

    Published: 15 October 2025

  2. Melatonin Products

    I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This request relates to enforcement activity concerning unlicensed melatonin products, such as melatonin gummies, supplements, capsules, or other forms of presentation, which are not authorised as licensed medicines in the UK. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information held by your authority (or, if more appropriate, by your Trading Standards team) for the period 1 January 2020 to the most recent available date: 1. The number of reports, complaints, or referrals received concerning unlicensed melatonin products

    2. The number of seizures, detentions, or removals of such products undertaken or recorded by your authority

     

    3. The total estimated value of products seized (if available)

     

    Published: 14 October 2025

  3. Data for the Luston Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) recorded on a weekly basis

    Please provide the following data for the Luston Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) recorded on a weekly basis: Inflow phosphate levels (mg/l) Outfall phosphate levels (mg/l) Flow rate (m3/hr) Date range: from inception to current day

    Published: 14 October 2025

  4. Empty properties exempt from Council Tax

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    I am seeking data relating to properties within your authority area that are currently exempt from Council Tax under the following classes:

    Class E – Property left empty where the liable person is in hospital.

    Class F – Property left empty following the death of the liable person.

    Specifically, I request: Please provide the number of properties in each full postcode (not just the outward or first-half code) where either Class E or Class F exemptions are applied. If available without exceeding cost limits, a breakdown of the count per exemption class (E and F) within each full postcode. If this level of detail would exceed cost limits, I am willing to accept a single combined total count of properties (E + F) per full postcode.

    Purpose and Public Interest This request is made in the public interest.

    I am conducting research to: Understand housing availability and long-term vacancy patterns in the local area. Track the extent to which properties remain empty during the probate process, which can inform local and national housing policy. Empty homes are a matter of national concern, and greater transparency on exemption data will help inform evidence-based policy solutions. Crime Risk and Mitigation I am aware of refusals under Section 31(1)(a) (prevention of crime).

    I respectfully submit that: My request does not seek full property addresses, only aggregated postcode-level counts, eliminating the risk of properties being individually identified. Classes E and F typically relate to properties under legal control (executors or solicitors), which are no more vulnerable than those already published through Land Registry data.

    Aggregated data poses no realistic risk of unauthorised occupation or criminal activity. I am happy for the data to be provided in spreadsheet (Excel or CSV) format if possible.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  5. Procurement of telecare services

    1) Please email me a copy of the specification used to tender telecare services eventually awarded to NRS Healthcare in April 2025.

    2) Please email me a copy of the report that approved the council seeking a new contract via tender that eventually led to the award of contract to NRS Healthcare.

    3) Please email me a copy of the report that approved the award of the tender to NRS Healthcare.

    4) Please email me a copy of the report that approved the subsequent award of telecare service provision to Careium following the liquidation of NRS Healthcare.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  6. Estate Surveys & Asset Information

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to your corporate estate (schools, offices, depots, libraries, leisure centres, civic buildings) excluding housing stock, please provide:-

     

    1. Condition Surveys

     

    ○ The date(s) of the most recent fabric/building condition surveys across your estate?

    ○ Was this contracted or delivered internally?

    ○ Do you operate a planned cycle (e.g. every 5 years)? If so, when are the next surveys due?

     

    2. M&E Asset Registers / Surveys

     

    ○ The date(s) of the most recent M&E asset surveys, verifications, or register updates?

    ○ Was this contracted or delivered internally?

    ○ Do you operate a planned cycle (e.g. every 5 years)? If so, when are the next surveys due?

     

    3. Forward Plans (Next 24 Months)

     

    ○ Are there any planned tenders/procurements for these services in the next 24 months? If yes, please provide scope and timescale.

     

    4. Procurement Route & Advertising

     

    ○ If you have survey requirements due to do to tender, which route to market do you use - (e.g. open tender, framework call-off — framework name).

    ○ Further to above when is the expected publication year/month/quarter.

    ○ Please could you provide a generic estates department email address.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  7. Information held on Herefordshire Council's Housing register

    Can you please provide information for the 2 questions:

    Number of applicants on the housing register for your council? For: 2023, 2024, 2025

    Expenditure / Budget for emergency/ temporary accommodation for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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    CLARIFICATION RECEIVED:

    Thank you for requesting this clarification. I would like:

    • Housing register numbers for 31st March on 2025, 2024 and 2023 or the nearest available day of the year.

    • Temporary accommodation budgets for the financial years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  8. Home to School PSVAR compliance after July 2025

    Concerning home-to-school transport services involving passengers not entitled to free transport:

    1. Exempt Vehicle Usage

    When was the last time a PSVAR-exempt vehicle was used on such services? Please specify provider, route(s), and date.

     

    2. Eliminating Exempt Vehicles

    What contractual measures or guidance have you implemented to ensure exempt vehicles are no longer used on these particular trips?

     

    3. PSVAR-Compliant Fleet Share

    Of the vehicles deployed on these specific non-entitled passenger services, how many (number and percentage) are fully PSVAR-compliant?

     

    How do you ensure that companies providing home to school services have the requisite number and proportion of fully PSVAR compliant vehicles as required from 1st August 2025 depending on their fleet size?

     

    4. Monitoring & Enforcement

    How is compliance monitored? What are the consequences or remediation steps if providers fail to meet no-use or compliance obligations?

     

    5. Related Documentation

    Please forward any policy documents, guidance, risk assessments, correspondence with providers, or exemption requests related to PSVAR compliance for this category of school transport.

     

    If records are held by contractors on your behalf, please confirm whether they are subject to FOI and how responses would be coordinated.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  9. Social housing waiting list - 2024/2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act I request the following information:

    1a) How many households in your local authority area are currently on the social housing waiting list?

    1b) Of these, please could you provide a breakdown by banding?

    1c) For each band, please could you tell us the longest time a household is currently waiting?

    2. Please could you also provide the figure for the social housing waiting list for the end of 2024?

    3. Please could you also tell us how many socially-rented homes are in your area in total?

    4. Can you tell me how many long-term empty homes there are in your local authority area? This should include all housing that is not in residential use, and has been empty for over six months. Please also provide the comparable figure for the number of long-term empty homes in your area, in September 2024.

    Published: 9 October 2025

  10. Flood Data HR4 9JR

    I have been informed by the Environment Agency to request directly to you as they do not currently own a model for this location. I would like to request Product 4, Product 5, Product 6 and Product 8 flood risk information for the following site (site location map included below) :

    The Courtyard, Edgar St, Hereford HR4 9JR and the car park is opposite to Shinwell Road In particular, the information that I would like to request includes:

    • Flood history within the local area of the site.

    • Out of bank floodplain (2D) modelled flood levels across the site extent (in PDF format) for all available return periods (defended/undefended/breach scenario), and in-channel (1D) modelled flood levels and flow data where 2D flood levels specific to the site are not available.

    • Flood defences – information on type, condition, SOP, crest level etc.

    • Modelling & Hydrology reports.

    • Model output data for flood depth, level, hazard and velocity for all available return periods, including defended scenario and breach scenario where available. Our GIS software is not compatible with geodatabase format, therefore we require the data in the format of .ASCII grid or .tif GIS files in order to conduct our analysis.

    • Breach scenario hazard mapping at the site location for available return periods. XY: 350747.3, 240578.8

    Published: 9 October 2025