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. Light Nuisance Complaints Received Between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2025

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide details of any complaints relating to light nuisance (including artificial light pollution or excessive external lighting) received by the council between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025.

    For this period, I would be grateful if you could provide:

    1. The total number of light nuisance complaints received.

    2. A breakdown of complaints by source type, specifically residential buildings (for example, private homes or flats) and commercial buildings or premises (for example, offices, retail, industrial, or hospitality sites).

    Published: 25 February 2026

  2. Street works manager systems

    Please treat this as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information relating to software systems used by the council to manage street works activity, in addition to Street Manager.

    1. The name of the software system or systems used by the council to manage street works activity outside of Street Manager, and the supplier name for each system.

    2. For each system listed above, please provide: a) Contract start date b) Contract end date c) Contract value, stated as total or annual, and please specify which applies

    3. For each contract, please confirm whether any extension options are included and, if so: a) The number of extensions available b) The length of each extension c) Whether any extensions have already been exercised 4. Please confirm whether each system is procured under: a) A standalone contract, or b) A wider highways maintenance or highways asset management contract

    If any of the requested information is already published online in existing contract award notices or procurement documents, please provide links to those sources rather than duplicating the information.

    Published: 25 February 2026

  3. PSED assessment council tax 2026-27

    Please provide all assessments and documentation of such as required by the Brown Principles for 2026 tax year. This includes council meeting minutes, correspondence in relation to this matter. Equality Officer input etc. We reserve the right to seek a challenge on the following bases:

    1. The council tax banding system which will be addressed by the Upper Tribunal this year. The comparator property has not been established as accurate or correct by the VOA.

    2. No PSED duty done or shown to be evaluated and passed onto Councillors since 2011 as to the duty having a direct formulatory and practical application on residents who have protected characteristics. and are allegedly given protection under UK law.

    3. Failure under s20 and s21 EQA 2010 to provide anticipatory adjustments and and make them known freely to tax-payers

    If the FOIA invokes s35 FOIA at the time of request the period of policy formation being completed (that is when the budget for 2026 is put to councillors and passed, this section no longer applies as the formulation period has naturally completed.

    Published: 24 February 2026

  4. Priory Wood road condition and accountability prior to May 2026

    Priory Wood, Clifford - HR3 5HF They attend with multiple vehicles and multiple men and on the whole do an absolutely shocking job. If you could provide the costs for the past three years and also include the number of visits made during that period I should be very grateful.

    Published: 24 February 2026

  5. Housing Stock and asbestos

    I am looking to find out how many homes in your local authority housing stock are identified as having asbestos. Please answer the following questions:

    1. What is your total housing stock under your Local Authority’s management?

    2. How many homes under your direct ownership or management have been recorded to have asbestos?

    3. How many homes under your direct ownership or management have you deemed may contain asbestos but have not had checks undertaken?

    4. How many homes under your direct ownership or management with asbestos are currently occupied ?

    5. How many homes under your direct ownership or management are suspected to have asbestos are currently occupied?

    6. Can you confirm if you policy is to inform residents living with a home owned or managed by you, which contains asbestos that their home contains asbestos ?

    7. Or can you confirm if your policy is to not inform residents living with a home owned or managed by you that they are living with asbestos? 8. Please provide a summary of how you manage asbestos risk in homes owned or managed by you, where the homes are occupied.

    Published: 23 February 2026

  6. Management of the Electoral Register

    I am making a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to Herefordshire Council regarding the council's Electoral Services. I have looked through Herefordshire Council's website but I cannot find the information I am looking for.

    However, if I have missed something, and this information is already available, please do signpost me in the right direction. Here is the information I am requesting:

    1a. Requests to be entered onto the Electoral Register

    - 1aa. During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many people submitted requests to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered to vote?

    - 1ab. During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many of the requests submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered to vote led to the individual being added to the electoral register? 1b. Requests to be entered onto the Electoral Register with a second address

    - 1ba. If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests were submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered to vote were for individuals with more than one address?

    - 1bb. If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many of the requests submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered to vote and having more than one address, led to the individual being added to the electoral register?

    1c. Requests around postal votes

    - 1ca. During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests were submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting?

    - 1cb. During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting resulted in the applicant being granted a postal vote?

    - 1cc. If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, out of all requests submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting that led to applicants being granted a postal vote, how many of the requests were in the form of a new electoral registration request (as in the postal vote application was accompanied by a new request to be entered on the electoral register)?

    - 1cd. If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, out of all requests submitted to Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting that led to applicants being granted a postal vote, how many of the requests were from individuals previous entered on the electoral register? 2. Entries on the Electoral Register

    - 2a. At the point in time of 01/01/2026, how many people were registered to vote on Herefordshire Council's electoral register?

    - 2b. At the point in time of 01/01/2026, did Herefordshire Council hold any data or estimates relating to electoral registration completeness (as in, an estimate of the percentage of people registered to vote out of every person entitled to be registered to vote in the region covered by Herefordshire Council's Electoral Services)? If yes, what is this percentage/estimated percentage? If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit, please prioritise questions 1aa, 2a, 2b, 1ab (in this order).

    Published: 23 February 2026

  7. Educational Psychology / EHCPs

    This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Please provide the following recorded information held by the local authority in relation to Educational Psychology (EP) reports used for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs) and EHCP reviews.

    For clarity, this request relates to Educational Psychology services delivered as part of the local authority, including any internal QA or approval processes.

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    1. Quality Assurance (QA) documentation

    Please provide copies of all documents that describe, govern, or reference any QA or approval process applied to EP reports, including but not limited to:

      *   QA policies or protocols,

     


      *   internal guidance or procedure notes,


      *   QA criteria, checklists, or standards,

     


      *   workflow documents or process maps.



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    2. Authority to require amendments

    Please provide copies of any documents that describe:

         which roles or job titles have authority to return EP reports for amendment prior to release,
             any delegation of authority between EP staff and non-EP officers in relation to report approval or acceptance.



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    3. Report formats and templates

    Please provide copies of:

         any standard report templates used or issued for EP reports,
             any section-level guidance, exemplars, or required headings relating to EP advice for EHC needs assessments or EHCP reviews.

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    4. Guidance issued to Educational Psychologists

    Please provide copies of any written guidance, briefing notes, or instructions issued to Educational Psychologists which relate to:

         report wording or structure,
             recommendations or outcomes,
         thresholds,
             alignment with local authority provision, resources, or placement types.

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    5. Communications and feedback artefacts

    Please provide copies of any standardised:

         email templates,
             feedback forms,
         pro-formas,
             tracked-change guidance,

    used when EP reports are returned for clarification, revision, or amendment following QA or review.

     

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    Published: 23 February 2026

  8. Council construction and refurbishment projects

    Please can you provide me with a list of all current (financial year 2025/26), and planned (financial year 2026/27), construction and refurbishment projects. Additionally, the principal contractor, and the sub-contractors awarded the work on these projects/ sites.

    Published: 23 February 2026

  9. Current payroll and HR service provision to schools and trusts

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    For the current financial year, please provide a list of all external educational bodies (including Multi-Academy Trusts, maintained schools, academies or other educational bodies) that currently receive payroll services and/or HR services from your authority.

    For each organisation, please confirm:

    Organisation name

    Whether the service provided is payroll, HR services, or a combined payroll and HR service

    The date the service commenced (where held in recorded form)

    Whether the arrangement is currently active and, if applicable, the scheduled end date of the arrangement (where held in recorded form)

    If possible, please provide this information in electronic spreadsheet format (e.g. Excel).

    Published: 23 February 2026

  10. Herefordshire Council SWEP

    My Freedom of Information request is as follows. Could you please send me the following information regarding Herefordshire Council’s use of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) during summer 2025.

    • How many times Herefordshire Council’s Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) was activated between the dates 31 May 2025 and 1 September 2025, inclusive.

    • For each activation, the exact date range the SWEP was active between, inclusive (e.g. if the SWEP was activated on 10 June 2025 and ended on 14 June 2025, the date range would be 10/06/2025-14/06/2025).

    • For each activation, the reason why the SWEP was activated.

    • For each activation, a list of actions the council took to support people while the SWEP was active, including any actions that were taken to support people in social rented housing owned by the council.

    • A copy of your latest Severe Weather Emergency Protocol policy document, or a link to where a copy can be found on your website.

    Published: 20 February 2026