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. Building Control Activity Data

    I am writing to request data held by Herefordshire Council on building control activities in your area under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following data for each financial year from 2015/16 to 2025/26:

    1. Initial Notices from Approved Inspectors / Registered Building Control Approvers The number of Initial Notices received and accepted by the council in each year, broken down by: * Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system * New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment * The identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on each notice, where held

    2. Lapsed Initial Notices The number of Initial Notices that lapsed or were cancelled in each year, and where held, the identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on the original notice.

    3. Local Authority Building Control Applications The number of building control applications received by the council in each year, broken down by: * Application type: Full Plans (FP), Building Notice (BN), Regularisation * Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system * New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment

    4. Performance Any performance data held by the council relating to the Building Control Service, including but not limited to average application processing times, time to first site inspection, or any metrics reported internally or to committee. Please provide the data in whatever format is most convenient for you. If providing the full dataset from 2015/16 would exceed the cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please provide data from 2019/20 onwards as a minimum, prioritising sections 1 and 3 above. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any clarification on this request.

    Published: 21 April 2026

  2. Notice Pages in Hereford Times

    I wrote to the Council last year with a request for some information but had no response. Now I write with a Freedom of Information request. I would like to know how much the Council pays the Hereford Times annually for the notice pages every week

    Published: 20 April 2026

  3. Contact after police protection orders

    1. How many children, age upto 19th birthday, came into contact with Herefordshire Councils child social services following a police protection order between 01/01/23 and 31/12/23?

    2. Are corporate parents informed when looked after children, or care leavers for whom the council has a duty of care is issued with a police protection order?

    3. Does the council have a means of logging and therefore reviewing and tracking outcomes for police protection orders?

    4. Is the council informed of every police protection order issued in Herefordshire?.

    5. If a police protection order is issued for one of Herefordshires looked after children, or a care leaver for whom the council has a duty of care, out of county has Herefordshire council a means of finding this detail? or is there a national notification system?

    Published: 17 April 2026

  4. Bridge and Road Restriction Data

    I respectfully request the following information:

    1. Bridge Height Restrictions

    A complete list of all bridges within your council area that carry a posted height restriction for road vehicles, including:

    • The name or reference number of the bridge

    • The road name or number it sits on

    • The posted height restriction in metres

    • The GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) if available

    2. Bridge Weight Restrictions

    A complete list of all bridges within your council area that carry a posted weight restriction, including:

    • The name or reference number of the bridge

    • The road name or number it sits on

    • The posted weight restriction in tonnes

    • The GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) if available

    3. Width Restrictions

    A complete list of all roads or structures within your council area that carry a posted width restriction for vehicles, including:

    • The location or road name

    • The posted width restriction in metres

    • The GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) if available

    4. HGV Prohibited Routes and Tunnels

    A complete list of any roads, tunnels or routes within your council area that are prohibited for HGV vehicles, including the reason for prohibition and GPS coordinates where available.

    Published: 17 April 2026

  5. Children’s Social Care Case Management System

    I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information relating to your children's social care case management system:

    1. The name and supplier of the case management system currently used by your children's social care service (e.g. Liquidlogic, Mosaic, Eclipse, or other).

    2. The start date of the current contract for this system.

    3. The end date of the current contract, including any extension options (e.g. 5+2 years) and whether extensions have been exercised.

    4. The total annual cost of the contract (licence fees, hosting, and support), or if this is commercially sensitive, the approximate annual cost band (e.g. under 100k, 100-200k, 200-300k, 300-500k, over 500k).

    5. Whether the council is currently in procurement, planning procurement, or considering a change of case management system for children's social care within the next 24 months.

    6. The name and contact details of the senior officer responsible for IT/digital services procurement within children's services (e.g. Head of Digital, Head of IT, or equivalent).

    Published: 17 April 2026

  6. FOI Council Spend on Climate-related posts

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information.

    From the current financial year's budgeted figures and the prior three years outturn (i.e. years ended 31st March 2023, 31st March 2024 and 31st March 2025:

    1. Climate-related posts

    The number of posts (headcount, and FTE where recorded) employed by the council with job titles that include any of the following terms: Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green; Climate crisis; Climate emergency.

    2. Cost of those posts

    The total employment cost for the posts identified in Question 1, including salary and employer on-costs (e.g. pension and National Insurance), as recorded by the council.

    UPDATE: I am seeking the actual costs of the occupied posts, preferably for financial year 2024/25.

    3. External consultants

    The total amount paid during the same financial year to external consultants, companies, or contractors where the expenditure is recorded under any cost centre, project code, budget line, or purchase description that includes one or more of the following terms: Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green; Climate crisis; Climate emergency.

    This should include, but not be limited to, expenditure coded to professional services, consultancy, advisory services, or specialist support. If the council does not record expenditure in this way, please provide the closest equivalent recorded information held (for example, totals by relevant cost centre or project).

    Please provide the information requested above in the following table format, where held: Financial Year Job Title Staff Costs including on-costs (£) Headcount Consultant Spend

    Published: 17 April 2026

  7. Planning Permission for Self-Build Dwellings

    Description of the information required: For all base periods 1 - 10 and part of 11 (2025-26), please provide:

    - The number of planning permissions (including permission in principle) for dwellings which the Council believes meet the definition of Self-Build housing at section 1 of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015.

    - A list of the planning permissions included in the number above including reference number, description of development, site address, number of homes counted.

    - Confirmation as to specifically why each permission has been allocated as self or custom build (e.g. planning condition, obligation, CIL forms).

    - Confirmation as to whether CIL Form 7 (2) has been submitted in relation to each permission or not (Y/N).

    - Confirmation as to the number of people added to the register in each base period referred to above.

    - Confirmation as to the level of demand for self-build and custom build housing within the area (with reference to the above base periods) which for the avoidance of doubt is the aggregate of;

    - The demand for self-build and custom housebuilding arising in the authority's area in the relevant base period.

    - Any demand for self-build and custom housebuilding that arose in the authority's area in an earlier base period and in relation to which -

    (a) The time allowed for complying with the duty to grant sufficient permissions expired during the base period in question.

    (b) The duty to grant sufficient permissions has not been met.

    - Confirmation as to whether the council considers that demand for self-build and custom build housing has been met in relation to each base period (1-10).

    Published: 16 April 2026

  8. Current List of Firework Licence/Registrations

    Request: Firework licence/registration (Cat F1 – Cat F3)

    I am writing to request information, which I believe to be held on your records and suitable for public release under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

    Please would you forward a list of all holders of a firework licence/registration (Cat F1 – Cat F3) in your area of jurisdiction.

    Published: 16 April 2026

  9. Long-Acting Buprenorphine (Buvidal) Budgets, Policies and Data

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the commissioning and use of long-acting injectable buprenorphine (Buvidal) within your drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services. Please provide the following information for the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 (and 2025/26 where available):

     

    1. COMMISSIONING AND POLICY

     

    1a. Does your current contract with your drug and alcohol treatment provider(s) include provision for Buvidal (long-acting injectable buprenorphine)? Please provide a yes/no answer for each financial year.

     

    1b. If yes, when was Buvidal first included as a funded treatment option within your commissioned services?

     

    1c. Does your council have a written policy, clinical pathway, or formulary decision regarding Buvidal? If so, please provide a copy or summary.

     

    2. EXPENDITURE

     

    2a. What was the total expenditure on Buvidal within your commissioned drug and alcohol treatment services in each financial year?

     

    2b. From which budget line(s) was this expenditure drawn (e.g. Public Health Grant, SSMTRG, DATRIG, or other)?

     

    3. PATIENT NUMBERS

     

    3a. How many patients were initiated on Buvidal in each financial year?

     

    3b. What proportion of your total opioid substitution therapy (OST) caseload does this represent?

     

    4. BARRIERS AND DECISION-MAKING

     

    4a. Has your council or your commissioned provider(s) conducted any formal review or assessment of Buvidal as a treatment option? If so, please provide any written outputs from this review.

     

    4b. Are there any documented reasons why Buvidal has not been commissioned or expanded, if applicable?

     

    Published: 16 April 2026

  10. Council Funding Gap 2027/28

    Despite routinely carrying out important and vital work to support their communities, local councils are facing significant funding challenges.

    We are carrying out a Freedom of Information request to try and ascertain the scale of the funding challenge that local councils are facing in the medium-term future. Please can you answer the following questions:

    1. What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2027/28?

    2. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2027/28?

    3. What is your current predicted cumulative funding gap by the end of the financial year 2028/29 (the total combined predicted funding gap of the financial years 2027/28 and 2028/29)?

    4. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2028/29?

    Published: 16 April 2026