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. Environmental health Staffing/enforcement

    I hope you are well. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to environmental health in your local authority. The information requested is as follows:

    1. Staffing:

    1.1: Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff (including, if possible, agency or contractor staff working in equivalent roles) in your environmental health dept, unit or team in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    1.2. Of the total FTE in your environmental health team, please indicate, for both 2019/20 and 2025/26, the approximate FTE allocated to the following functions: • Food hygiene/food standards inspections and enforcement • Pest control • Infectious disease control (including outbreak investigation, liaison with health protection bodies, etc.) Note: I appreciate that some staff work across multiple areas. Where possible please apportion their FTE by time spent (e.g. a 1.0 FTE officer spending half their time on food safety and half on housing should be counted as 0.5 in each category). If exact data is not held, please provide the best available estimate used for internal planning, monitoring or statutory reporting - rather than create a new data set.

    2. Businesses:

    2.1: Number of food businesses (including restaurants and takeaways) registered in the local authority in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    2.2: Number of food businesses (including restaurants and takeaways) inspected in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    2.3: Number of registered food businesses that are eligible for inspection, but which have never been inspected.

    2.4: Number of food businesses (including restaurants and takeaways) that failed inspections in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    2.5: Number of enforcement visits to food businesses in the local authority in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    2.6: Number of incidents involving pests (vermin, insects etc) at food businesses in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    2.7: Number of closures of food businesses in 2019/20 and 2025/26 due to enforcement action through a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice.

    2.8: Number of prosecutions of food businesses in 2019/20 and 2025/26.

    Published: 1 June 2026

  2. Traded Services to Schools

    Traded Services to Schools – Pricing and Income This request is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Background West Berkshire Council is undertaking a review of its traded services to schools.

    As part of this work, we are benchmarking prices and income levels against comparable local authorities to better understand market positioning and value for money.

    We would be grateful if you could provide the information below for the most recent complete financial year for which data is available. Information requested

    1. Traded services to schools – pricing Please provide details of prices charged to schools for any of the following services that your authority offers on a traded basis:

    • Human Resources • Payroll • CLEAPSS Subscription • GDPR • Road Safety Education • Governor Services • Legal Team • Finance Service • MIS (Management Information System) • Schools Technical Support Service • Safeguarding in Schools • Virtual School • School Crossing Patroller • Admissions Appeals • Early Years Service • Educational Psychology Service • Exclusions Appeals • Free School Meals Eligibility • Health and Safety • A Flying Start to Letters and Sounds • Bikeability • Therapeutic Thinking Support Team • Emotional Health Academy • SEN - Learning Support • Social and Emotional Health (SEMH) • Medical Tuition Service • Broadband Service For each service, please indicate: • the price charged (e.g. annual fee, per pupil charge, hourly rate) • the basis of charging (flat fee, per pupil, tiered, bundled, etc.) If pricing varies by school phase or size, please provide a representative example or summary.

    2. Income from traded services to schools Please provide: • The total income received by your authority from traded services to schools for the same financial year. • If readily available, a breakdown of this income by service area (e.g. HR, Finance, Legal). If income is not separately recorded for schools alone, please provide the closest available figure and note any assumptions. Format and clarifications • You may provide the information in table form or via existing documents (e.g. SLA brochures, fee schedules, budget papers). • If any of the requested information is not held, please state this clearly. • If providing the full information would exceed the FOI cost threshold, please advise which elements could be provided within the limit.

    Published: 1 June 2026

  3. Credenhill Parish 'Call for Sites' (2025–2045 Local Plan)

    Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 please provide the following regarding land submissions in the Credenhill Parish:

    1. Identity: The names of applicants/agents for all land submitted to the West of Credenhill village.

    2. Mapping: Reference numbers and boundary maps for these submissions.

    3. Linked Entities: Confirmation of any submissions

    Public Interest: Disclosure is essential to facilitate a comparative heritage assessment between current proposals and plan-led alternatives, as per the Parish Council’s stated Place Shaping policy.

    A pre-application consultation is currently underway for a speculative 250-homedevelopment north of Granary Cottages. (See attachment for context). The developer has claimed a 'presumption for development' on heritage-sensitive land while no comparative information on alternative sites was presented. Disclosure is necessary to allow the community and the Parish Council to perform a comparative assessment of heritage impact and to ensure transparency in the planning process

    Published: 1 June 2026

  4. Waste Compliance and Enforcement for Short-Term & Holiday Lets

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding waste collection enforcement, specifically concerning short-term holiday lets. Please provide the following data, if held, for each financial year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive.

    1. The number of properties which are registered for Business Rates as “Self-Catering Holiday Units” (or similar classification).

    2. The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) or formal warnings issued to owners of holiday lets or short-term rental properties for unauthorised use of domestic bins (i.e., using domestic waste collections for commercial business waste). If the data is not recorded by property type, please provide the total number of FPNs issued for unauthorised use of domestic bins for commercial waste generally.

    3. The number of Section 34 (Duty of Care) notices or Section 47 notices issued to holiday let owners requesting proof of a commercial waste contract.

    4. The number of reports or complaints received by the council regarding holiday lets/short-term rentals incorrectly using domestic bins in residential areas.

    5. The total monetary value of fines collected from holiday let owners related to waste offences in the requested periods. If possible, please provide the data in spreadsheet format (e.g. CSV or Excel).

    If data is not held for the full period requested, or if the breakdown cannot be produced within the statutory time or cost limits, please instead provide the most up to data figures available for a complete 12 month period.

    Published: 1 June 2026

  5. Council-Owned Fleet Vehicles between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026

    Please could you provide the following information for all vehicles owned or operated by your Council between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026:

    Registration number

    Make

    Model

    Published: 29 May 2026

  6. Locally Available Funding Streams Deployed for Bus Services 2020/21-2024/25

    I am writing to you to request the following information from your transport department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    I would like to receive information about the central government and locally available funding streams your local transport authority deploys for bus services. I would also like to receive information on the changes in bus services on annual basis, as outlined in the attached spreadsheet.

    How to respond:

    I have attached a spreadsheet which outlines specific data we are requesting. Please complete the spreadsheet attached.

    Published: 29 May 2026

  7. Council Spend on Servicing Debt each Financial Year 2020/21 - 2024/25

    I am getting back in touch regarding the Freedom of Information request I made on February 20th.

    I am now making another request in follow to my previous question:

    1) In pounds, how much money does the council spend on servicing debt each financial year?

    Please provide figures for the following financial years:

    2020-21

    2021-22

    2022-23

    2023-24

    2024-25

    2) How much was the council liable to spend on servicing debt each financial year?

    3) How much did the council actually spend on servicing debt each financial year?

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    Please give answers in pounds.

    Servicing debt refers to the entire sum owed on debt interest payments including both the GF and HRA.

    Published: 29 May 2026

  8. Benchmarking of Regulatory Services and Environmental Health for Financial Year 2025/26

    Please find attached an FOI for your attention.

    You may provide the information on the word document or preferably on the Excel sheet.

    Published: 28 May 2026

  9. Maps of contaminated land

    I would like to make a request under the freedom of information act for the following information:

    • Any maps of sites determined as contaminated land as per the Part2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, ideally in a shapefile or Geopackage.

    Published: 28 May 2026

  10. Premise Licence information - The Balance

    REQUEST FOR PREMISES LICENCE HOLDER AND DESIGNATED PREMISES SUPERVISOR Date of Request 13/05/2026

    I am writing to request licensee information regarding the Premise Licence Holder and the Designated Premise Supervisor and the respective dates they were responsible for the premise(s) detailed below:

    The Balance Inn B4361, Luston Leominster HR6 0EB PLH

    Published: 28 May 2026