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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1,821 disclosures
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Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act for each of the years (financial or calendar, whichever is available) from 2017-2023, separating the answers by year:
1. The number of complaints you received in each of the above years, from a friend or family member, regarding a marriage that they believe should not have taken place / complaints about someone marrying a person who lacked capacity to consent.
2. The number of objections or caveats against a marriage for each of the above years, to prevent a marriage proceeding.
Published: 22 April 2024
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For the village of Lingen, SY7 (a conservation area) how many planning complaints, planning contraventions or enforcement issues have been reported and logged between January 2023 and April 2024. This includes those raised via all channels including in Parish Council Meetings, direct to Ward Councillor, direct to the Council via planning, enforcement or council representatives.
Further, of all those complaints (raised via all channels) and enforcement issues, how many have been investigated and action taken?
Published: 22 April 2024
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your council on private finance initiative (PFI) schools.
Specifically, I would like to be sent:
• The number of PFI and PF2 school contracts terminated before the contract end date. It would be appreciated if you could give the name of the school involved, the name of the special purpose vehicle (SPV)/PFI project company (PFI Co) involved, the reason why the contract was terminated before the contract end date, the date on which the contract was due to end and the date on which the contracted was terminated.
• Of those PFI or PF2 school contracts terminated early, could you detail whether the resultant settlement agreement included a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
• A breakdown of the amounts of money the school in question (or its responsible body), local authority and the SPV/PFI Co had to pay to end the contract early.
• Of all the local authority's PFI and PF2 school contracts, could you tell me whether any of them included an option for the authority to purchase the school at value at the end of the contract and, if so, for how much.
Published: 22 April 2024
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Detailed plans and proposals and consultation evidence for the proposed ned Hereford Southern Link Road and Western Bypass - including route maps and if any compulsory purchases will be made.
Published: 22 April 2024
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1. In the 2023 calendar year could you please state how many complaints about noise issues were recorded by your environmental health/noise complaints department?
2. In relation to the complaints in 2023 calendar year how many of these related to complaints about:
(i) Barking dogs,
(ii) Chickens and cockerels, and
(iii) Sexual noise.
3. If you had any complaints that related to (iii) sexual noise please state:
(a) a summary of the nature of the complaint and
(b) what you as the local authority did as a result of the complaint.
Published: 19 April 2024
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In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could comply with the following request.
Could you provide the following information:
1. The number of potholes reported in the last financial year (2022-23)?
2. The average time taken between the reporting of a pothole and its resolution in the last financial year (2022-23)?
3. The longest delay between the reporting of a pothole and its resolution in the last financial year (2022-23)?
Published: 19 April 2024
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- The number of potholes reported in 2023
- The number of potholes repaired in 2023
Published: 19 April 2024
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For the last 12 months:
1) How many planning projects have Herefordshire Council employed Balfour Beatty to deal with clearing conditions?
2) How many of those projects did Balfour Beatty sign off without further requests?
3) How much did Balfour Beatty charge Herefordshire Council for this work?
Published: 17 April 2024
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The media has reported that Herefordshire will receive £102 million additional transport funding as a result of the HS2 cancellation
Regional breakdown of extra allocations
Local authority LTF funding (2025 to 2032)
Blackburn with Darwen £117m
Blackpool £121
Cheshire East £181m
Cheshire West and Chester £168m
County Durham £73m
Cumberland £149m
East Riding of Yorkshire £168m
Herefordshire £102m
Kingston upon Hull, City of £161m
Transport jobs get £4.7bn of cancelled HS2 cash | Construction Enquirer News 26.2.24
Has this £102 million been received?
How will it be spent?
Please let me have a breakdown of total expenditure by category:
New road building
New cycle routes
County-wide 20mph speed limits on streets where people live and routes used by children to go to school
New bus routes and frequencies e.g. will the DRM 476 (Ledbury-Hereford be funded to go hourly and not every 2 hours?
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
School travel plans to shift car trips taking pupils to school to bus/bike/foot
Published: 17 April 2024
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I am writing to obtain information about the costs incurred by unoccupied non-residential properties owned by the council. Please provide an itemised list of non-residential properties owned by the council that were unoccupied for one month or longer between 1 Jan 2022 and 31 December 2023.
Please include the following information:
• The address of the property
• The dates during which the property was unoccupied.
• The cost of insuring the property during the period it was unoccupied.
o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.
• The cost of providing security for the property during the period it was unoccupied.
o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.
• Any other maintenance costs for the property during the period it was unoccupied.
o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.
• The cost of any renovation works undertaken during the period it was unoccupied.
• The dates any such renovation work was undertaken.
• The size of the property
I have provided an example (attached), which you can use as a template if convenient.
Published: 15 April 2024