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

1. Planning applications not determined within 8 weeks

   How many planning applications were not determined by your lpa within the 8 week period for the year 2018 to 2019 and for the year and for the 12 month period from 23/03/2020 to 23/03/21.

   Published: 3 March 2022

2. Trees planted and cut down in the last 3 years

   Q1. Please detail the number of trees that have been cut down by your council in the last 3 years. Break down the figures by year and tree species.

   Q2. Please detail the number of trees that have been planted by your council in the last 3 years. Break down the figure by year and tree species.

   Published: 3 March 2022

3. Council staff absence

   I would like to know the number of days taken off by staff reporting sickness absence with a reason of anxiety, stress, depression or other psychiatric illness. I would like this information for each of the last five calendar years as follows: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. I would like this data to be presented in an Excel or PDF spreadsheet with a new sheet for each year and a section on each point of information.

   Published: 3 March 2022

4. Street lighting

   Q1. How many streetlights have been reported as faulty in your area?

   Q2. What was the average amount of time taken between the reporting of a fault with a streetlight and its resolution?

   Q3. What was the longest delay between the reporting of a streetlight problem and its resolution?

   Q4. What is the most recent estimate of the number of streetlights in your area that are currently not functioning or partly functioning?

   I would like this information for each of the last six calendar years as follows: 2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022

   Published: 2 March 2022

5. Planned spend on the Jubilee 2022

   Can I have an account of the spending planned by this Council to mark the upcoming jubilee, both public money or funding that has been allocated to the Council for the purpose of celebrating the jubilee.

   Published: 2 March 2022

6. Pothole reports and repairs

   Q1. I would like to know the total number of potholes reported and received by your Local Authority.

   Q2. I would also like to know the number of potholes that have been repaired by your Local Authority.

   Q3. Can you also inform me on the number of potholes that are outstanding repairs in your Local Authority area.

   I would like this information for the last 24 months, by month.

   Published: 2 March 2022

7. Free school meals in Bromyard area

   Would it be possible to get the number of children having free school meals in the Bromyard ward/area. Also are you able to confirm if Bromyard is in the bottom 25% for Deprivation in Herefordshire. If you know the exact percentage that would be even better.

   Published: 2 March 2022

8. Staff home working

   I would like to understand If the council is looking to encourage home working after pandemic. 1 Does the council have a hot desking policy? Yes / No 2 Did the council use a hybrid model of home working and office working in 2020, before the pandemic? Yes / No 3 In a hybrid model how many office seats to staff ratio (people that use PC's not gardeners etc.) did you have before the pandemic? 4 Is the council continuing with Hybrid Model of home working and office working or looking to dismantle after the pandemic i.e from 24th of March 2022? * Dismantle. * NO decision has been made. * Keep it running. * Expand. 5 If the council is continuing with the Hybrid model what is its target office seats to staff ratio?

   Published: 2 March 2022

9. Electric vehicle charging

   Q1. Does your authority have an electric vehicle charging transition strategy (or equivalent)?

   Q2. Have you published this strategy? If so, please provide a link to or copy of the document.

   Q3. How many public electric vehicle chargers have been installed within your authority's jurisdiction?

   Q4. How many electric vehicle chargers have been installed within your authority's jurisdiction in each of the last three years (2019, 2020, 2021)?

   Q5. How many electric vehicle chargers do you intend to be installed within your authority's jurisdiction in each of the next three years (2022, 2023, 2024)?

   Published: 2 March 2022

10. Housing Register

    Q1. How many individuals and families are on your register for housing?

    Q2. How long have you maintained a register? From which year?

    Q3. Snapshot of reported totals; Per Annum from first year of registering individuals and families

    Q4. Size of housing stock

    Q5. Size of housing stock; Per Annum from first year of registering individuals and families

    Q6. Number of individuals and families considered and/or registered as homeless - Per Annum, from first year of registrations to date.

    Published: 28 February 2022