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. Information held on Section 106's between 2022 - 2025

    In accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write with the following requests for information. All timeframes specified relate to financial years.

    1. How many Section106 (S106) agreements were completed in financial years a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    2. What was the average time taken from a planning application being validated to the completion of an associated S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    3. What was the longest and shortest duration taken to complete an S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    4. Do you have any internal targets or key performance indicators (KPIs) for S106 negotiation timescales? If so, please provide details.

    5. How many S106 agreements took longer than 12 months to be agreed a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    6. How many planning applications lapsed or were withdrawn due to delays in S106 negotiations in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    7. How much was spent on external legal consultants on work to negotiate S106 agreements in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    Published: 20 March 2025

  2. Care Commissioning Framework for Providers, Procurement status and plans for renewal

    Under FOI please provide the following information relating to how the Council commissions social care via its Framework Providers, to address and service the adult social care services it is responsible for:

    Q1. Regarding the current framework for providers:

    a) How many framework providers does the Council have?

    b) When is the current framework for providers due to end?

    c) Does the Council have any plans to procure a replacement framework for providers to deliver adult social care services in:

    i) 2024/2025, or;

    ii) 2025/26?

    Q2. How many service users (recipients of adult social care services funded by the Council) does the Council typically have at any one time during a year currently?

    Published: 20 March 2025

  3. Permanent Vacancy Rates in Social Worker Positions and Agency Spend

    How many permanent vacancies do you have for qualified social workers across both children and adults services and this as a percentage would be useful

    How many agency ' social worker' staff do you currently have for children and adults services and what percentage is this against your FTE roles

    Lastly, If known do you know what was spent on agency social workers in 2024 again in both children and adults services

    Please note: It is just 'Social Worker' Vacancies not any senior roles Reason for the request is to put together a cost analysis to show the significant cost savings against hiring from overseas to reduce agency staff due to the national shortage in the UK

    Published: 20 March 2025

  4. Contract between Gigaclear and Herefordshire Council

    I would like to access service delivery information, penalties and obligations regarding the contract between Gigaclear and Herefordshire Council (or Fastershire).

    I estimate that they have exceeded their delivery timeline by nearly a decade and must now be in some state of default. I do not think 'commercially sensitive' would be a reasonable response in this case. As the contract has lingered for some years, many properties have been unable to be included in other Project Gigabit initiatives.

    Are you able to provide the following, particularly for Pipe Aston and The Goggin from the Wigmore area (North Herefordshire):

    1) Timescales when services should be made available by.

    2) Payment schedules, particularly relating to completion of the contract in the North Herefordshire area and if any amounts are outstanding.

    3) Are there any penalties for not fulfilling the contract?

    4) Current state of the contract. Is it still in place or considered broken?

    Published: 19 March 2025

  5. Expenditure clearing roads and ditches as a result of run off each year from 2020

    I wish to know how much money and time has been spent by Herefordshire Council clearing roads and ditches as a result of run off each year from 2020.

    I also wish to know how much money has been recovered from the landowners responsible for the run off over the same time period.

    Published: 19 March 2025

  6. Roadworks and road closures since 2020

    I would like to make a FOI request about roadworks.

    For each response, when I refer to 'roadworks' can you include data for both utility street works and local highway authority road works.

    Could you please provide me with:

    1) The number of roadworks within the local authority every year since 2020.

    2) The duration of each roadworks and the average duration of a roadworks every year since 2020.

    3) The number of road closures caused by roadworks every year since 2020.

    Published: 19 March 2025

  7. Number and cost of potholes filled in by Herefordshire Council between 2019-2024

    The number of potholes which have been reported to Herefordshire council 2019-2024 - year by year breakdown.

    - The number of potholes filled in by Herefordshire Council 2019-2024 - year by year breakdown.

    - The cost of filling in potholes by Herefordshire Council 2019-2024 - year by year breakdown.

    Published: 18 March 2025

  8. Environmental Health policies and guidance regarding Housing issues

    -Any internal guidance on retaining and using old complaints against landlords, including how previous complaints were considered in enforcement actions.

    -Any policies or guidance issued to Environmental Health officers regarding investigating private landlords and their enforcement powers.

    Published: 18 March 2025

  9. Geoengineering / Flight information

    I wish all information on geoengineering in the Herefordshire area and what it's purpose is. We know 'CONTRAILS' are not water vapour as water vapour evaporates straight away; the trails I am seeing constantly over Herefordshire sometimes from 5am and throughout the whole day, LINGER and do not dissipate. These are NOT contrails. It is happening globally to (A) block out light which is then excused as an anecdote to the world 'heating up'???!!!! and (B) shed heavy metals and nano particles onto us, the land and water systems. So, I request all information on what these flights are about, what they are omitting, and why on the day before and the day after, there are normal passenger flights, but NOT when the 'con' trails are being sprayed. Also, people have reported coughing, grittiness on their lungs the day after trailing, and dogs that WILL NOT go out in the rain that follows con-trailing. I have experienced this myself and my sister has. We are not alone and numbers are rising in people wanting answers. I have ordered sensitive testing kits designed to recognise dangerous metals which I will use on the next rain fall. This is not natural. This is a serious matter and going by paragraph 94 of the government's response to geoengineering regarding SRM, I do think the public have a right to know what is being sprayed over their areas. SRM in particular which is what I am sure the trails are, release aluminium which deflects light from the clouds in order to 'keep heat level down'. I have spoken to people who far from any conspiracy theories, that mention 'The light is different, almost flourescent; it doesn't look real'. These heavy metals are extremely toxic; there is no way our bodies can be cleansed of them; they continue to store in human tissue leading to fatal illnesses. People are seeing a lack of insect life which is detrimental to the soil and consequently us.

    Published: 17 March 2025

  10. Public toilet provision 2018-2024

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information:

    1) How many public toilets you operated in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

    2) How much you spent on public toilets in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

    3) The reasons for closure of your public toilets, if any.

    Published: 17 March 2025