FOI release

Street lighting locations (latest, 2014, and 2010)

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2024/01907

Received 11 November 2024

Published 2 December 2024

Request

I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information request for data on the location of all street lights maintained by the council. Specifically, I would like to obtain:

- The most recent available data on street lighting locations. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

- Data on street lighting locations from 2014. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

- Data on street lighting locations from 2010. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

Response

- The most recent available data on street lighting locations. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

 

A: This information is publically available on Herefordshire Council’s website and can be viewed via the following link:

Report a faulty street light – Herefordshire Council

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

- Data on street lighting locations from 2014. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

A: The Service area have advised we do not hold any information on previous Streetlighting Locations, so this information is not held. There would not have been any significant change, only in new developments.

- Data on street lighting locations from 2010. Please provide the total number of streetlights maintained by the council and the actual location of these lights (the latter in Shapefile, KML, and/or GeoJSON format).

 

A: The Service area have advised we do not hold any information on previous Streetlighting Locations, so this information is not held. There would not have been any significant change, only in new developments.

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