FOI release

Property assets

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

Case reference FOI2024/00452

Published 3 April 2024

Request

Please advise:

1. The estimated total number of acres of land that you own.

2. The estimated total number of acres that you own which are not in operational use.

3. The annual spending on managing and maintaining your property that was not in operational use in the financial year 2022/23 - including costs for security, gardening, repairs and insurance. Please provide a breakdown.

4. The number of golf courses you currently own.

5. The number of farms you currently own.

6. The number of commercial buildings you own. If possible please provide a breakdown by category - such as shops, offices, restaurants, pubs, hotels.

7. The number of empty homes you currently own.

8. The number of empty buildings you currently own that are not homes.

Please provide a copy of your asset register.

Response

Please advise:

1. The estimated total number of acres of land that you own.

3,972.06 acres

2. The estimated total number of acres that you own which are not in operational use.

10.37 acres

3. The annual spending on managing and maintaining your property that was not in operational use in the financial year 2022/23 - including costs for security, gardening, repairs and insurance. Please provide a breakdown.

Please see the attached spreadsheet.

4. The number of golf courses you currently own.

5. The number of farms you currently own.

6. The number of commercial buildings you own. If possible please provide a breakdown by category - such as shops, offices, restaurants, pubs, hotels.

The information in response to questions 4-6 is publically available on Herefordshire Council's website and can be viewed via the following link:

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/council/open-data-principles/3

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

7. The number of empty homes you currently own.

8. The number of empty buildings you currently own that are not homes.

Please provide a copy of your asset register.

The information in response to questions 7 and 8 is publically available on Herefordshire Council's website by filtering for vacant buildings in the Asset Register via the link below:

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/council/open-data-principles/3

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

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