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. Training budgets for different departments in EHTS

    Would you please be able to assist with the following?

    1. What was your training budget for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within the housing departments in financial year 24/25 and 25/26?

    2. What training courses did you commission for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within the housing departments in 24/25 and 25/26?

    a) How many sessions of each course did you commission?

    b) What was the price per course?

    c) Who delivered each course?

    3. What was your training budget for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within environmental health/environmental crime departments in financial year 24/25 and 25/26?

    4. What training courses did you commission for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within environmental health/environmental crime in 24/25 and 25/26?

    a) How many sessions of each course did you commission?

    b) What was the price per course?

    c) Who delivered each course?

    5. What was your training budget for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within licensing/trading standards departments in financial year 24/25 and 25/26?

    6. What training courses did you commission for Enforcement Officers/Investigators within licensing/trading standards departments in 24/25 and 25/26?

    a) How many sessions of each course did you commission?

    b) What was the price per course?

    c) Who delivered each course?

    7. Please can I have the contact details for the person who arranges training within Housing teams?

    8. Please can I have the contact details for the person who arranges training within Environmental Health/Crime teams?

    9. Please can I have the contact details for the person who arranges training within Licensing/Trading Standards teams?

    Published: 18 November 2025

  2. Compensation for Teacher Injury - 2024-25 - Unitary

    In the last financial year 2024/2025 please provide me with the number of settlements and the total amount paid as compensation to teachers or teaching assistants for injuries sustained at schools or outside schools. For each incident please provide me with the amount of compensation, costs and a summary of the claim.

    Please clearly indicate any incidents where compensation was made to staff as a result of an injury sustained from an attack by a pupil, or in an incident when trying to restrain a violent pupil.

    Note: The question relates to payments made in 2024/2025 regardless of when the incident took place. If the settlement was made by the authority's insurers it is still information "held" by your authority under the terms of the Act.

    Published: 18 November 2025

  3. Independent Care Home Expenditure

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting information regarding the council's expenditure on residential care placements for children in private and independent care homes.

    Please provide the following information:

    The total expenditure for the last ten completed financial years: 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

    The proportion of spending on council run care homes in relation to private providers for the last ten completed financial years: 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

    Please provide this information in a table format when possible.

    Published: 18 November 2025

  4. Planning fees Herefordshire Council

    I am making this request under Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information for each of the financial years (a) 2022/23, (b) 2023/24, and (c) 2024/25:

    1. Please provide details of how the council determines its charges or fees for Planning Performance Agreements.

    2. Please state the total income received by the council from Planning Performance Agreements in each of the last three financial years.

    3. Please confirm the number of major residential planning applications (those of more than 10 units):

    a. Received by the council in each of the last three financial years; and

    b. Determined under a Planning Performance Agreement in each of those years.

    4. Please provide details of average PPA charges in the 2024/25 financial year for sites of: a. Under 150 units b. 150-499 units c. 500-999 units d. 1,000 units +

    Published: 18 November 2025

  5. Software systems for various service areas

    This FOI request concerns the software systems currently in use by your local authority to support the functions listed below. Please note that more than one functionality may be served by the same software, or each may be covered by a different software system or even different providers, depending on your technological configuration.

    Where the requested information is already in the public domain, please provide the relevant URLs and guidance on how to access it.

    Functionalities:

      *   Planning


      *   Building Control


      *   Land Charges


      *   Environmental Health


      *   Licensing


    (In case of bundling the above functionalities, please specify which functionalities are covered by the contract)

    1. Software System in Use
    For each of the functions mentioned above, please provide:

         a) The name of the software/product
             b) The vendor/provider
         c) Whether the version used at your local authority is on-premise or cloud-hosted
             d) The year of original implementation
         e) Was it a direct awarded or RFP (if RFP, please provide the link for all relevant information)
             f) The respective contract’s end date; term extension clauses and respective conditions; and current plans to use the extension option (if applicable)


    2. Supplier Performance
    For each of the functions mentioned before:

      *   a) Is the vendor currently (or in the last 12 months) under any performance improvement measures, as described in their respective contract?

    3. Expenditure
    For each of the functions mentioned before:

      *   a) Please indicate the total contract value (TCV), the implementation cost and the total on-going annual subscription cost


    4. Licenses / Users
    For each of the functions mentioned before:

      *   a) Current number of active users licenses


      *   b) Current number of active users



    5. Other

      *   a) Are there any ongoing discussions, proposals, or binding decisions related to local government reorganization involving your authority (as part of the Local Government Reorganization programmed) — including potential structural changes such as consolidation into a unitary authority or shared service arrangements with neighboring councils? If it is public knowledge, can you provide the councils with which the consolidation will occur?

    Published: 17 November 2025

  6. Appeals on residential-led planning applications

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write to request information regarding the council’s expenditure on planning appeals relating to residential-led developments.

    Please provide the following information for each of the financial years (a) 2022/23, (b) 2023/24, and (c) 2024/25:

    1. The total number of appeals lodged against decisions relating to residential-led planning applications, and the total number of residential units involved in these appeals.

    2. The number of appeals that resulted in planning permission being granted, and the total number of residential units approved as a result of such appeals.

    3. The total amount of money spent by the council on legal advice, representation, and any other costs incurred in defending planning appeals.

    4. The total amount paid by the council to appellants in respect of costs awarded against the authority in planning appeal cases.

    5. Of the total expenditure identified in (3), please specify how much related to appeals that were subsequently allowed (i.e. where permission was granted on appeal).

    6. The number of appeals that were made against an officer recommendation for approval?

    Published: 14 November 2025

  7. Replacement and installing costs of the traffic calming humps in Foley Lane

    Could you tell me how much the replacement and installing of the traffic calming humps in Foley Lane will be. These humps are due to be replaced on 31 of this month and are due to a drawing error on the councils part.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  8. Planning Committee Membership (2000–present)

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information.

    I am happy to receive the information in any convenient format (e.g. CSV, spreadsheet, or typed document).

    1) A list of all councillors who are or have been members of the planning committee, for the period 2000 to the present day.

    2) For each councillor, please include their start and end dates of service on the committee.

    3) Please also indicate which councillor(s) served as Chair of the committee, and their corresponding dates in that role.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  9. Family Assessment Centre placements and weekly costs (last 3 financial years)

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following for each of the last three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25):

    1.  Count of families open to your children’s/family services who were placed in a Family Assessment Centre.

    2.  The average weekly cost (£ per family per week) for those Family Assessment Centre placements.

    To avoid any need for case-level retrieval, I’m not asking for individual records. Annual totals and the annual average weekly cost are sufficient.

    For clarity, by “Family Assessment Centre” I mean an Ofsted-registered Residential Family Centre (per the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002 / National Minimum Standards). If you use another term locally, please apply the above definition.
    If any year has no placements, please state “0”. If you do not hold the average weekly cost, please provide the typical contracted weekly rate you hold for such placements (or confirm “not held”).

    Published: 13 November 2025

  10. Approved contractor list & contact details

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following recorded information held by the The Council or its appointed departments or framework administrators:

    A current (or most recent) list of contractors approved, appointed, or under framework by Herefordshire Council for adaptation and accessibility works (e.g. level access showers, ramps, wet rooms, bathroom adaptations, general building works).

    For each contractor on that list: Full company or trading name Postal address Telephone number(s) Email address(es) Website (if applicable) The types or categories of work for which each contractor is approved or appointed (e.g. wet room installations, disabled adaptations, ramps, structural alterations). The date from which each contractor was appointed or included in the framework, and any relevant expiry or review dates.

    A copy of any framework agreement, award notice, or related documentation that governs these appointments, if not already publicly available.

    Published: 13 November 2025