Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Guildford

This is a disclosure log of Guildford 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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446 disclosures

  1. Refugee homelessness Request

    Please provide the number of emergency housing requests made by refugees to your council for each month from the start of June 2024 to the end of October 2025.

    Published: 18 March 2026

  2. Telecoms Information Request

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

    Telephone System

    What make is your telephone system?

    How old is the telephone system you operate?

    How many users do you have?

    Is your telephone system cloud based or on premise?

    Can your switchboard operators transfer external incoming calls to all users across your estate?

    How many extensions does your telephone system have?


    Telecoms Estate

    How much do you spend annually on telecoms?

    Do you know how this is split into Voice Telecoms / Data Networking / Mobile Communications / Maintenance?

    How many analogue lines do you have?

    How many ISDN2 Services do you have?

    How many ISDN30 Services do you have?

    How many mobiles do you have?

    Have you done anything about the Analogue Switch Off / Digital Switch On? If so, what have you done?

    What are the contact details for the person who looks after telecoms and the costs associated with these?



    Microsoft

    How much do you spend annually with Microsoft?

    How often do you review licensing costs?

    Published: 18 March 2026

  3. Housing and homelessness services and any public private partnerships request

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

    The request seeks to understand how your authority funds and manages housing and homelessness services and any public private partnerships.

    1. Please provide the following data relating to housing and homelessness:
    - The total number of households supported through homelessness services in most recent financial year
    o Year on year total and percentage change
    - Total expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
    o Year on year total and percentage change
    o As a percentage of total budget, expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
    - Total number of nights spent in temporary accommodation in most recent financial year
    o Year on year total and percentage change


    2. Furthermore, where recorded, please provide data on outcomes or success rates for the following types of intervention:
    - Temporary accommodation
    - Rapid rehousing
    - Supported housing schemes


    3. Please provide the details on the funding sources for these services (central government grants, local council tax, business rates, housing revenue account, rental income, capital receipts, private investment, charity/voluntary sector contributions, etc.), with approximate amounts or percentages.


    4. Please set out, as a percentage, the proportion of homelessness related spending in the most recent financial year associated with homelessness prevention.


    5. Please provide a list of active public private partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements through which the authority delivers housing or homelessness services. For each partnership please provide:
    i. Name of the private partner(s) (e.g. company or charity).
    ii. Date of commencement and duration of the contract or agreement.
    iii. Purpose and scope (e.g., management of temporary accommodation, development of affordable homes, regeneration project).
    iv. Funding structure – the proportion of budget provided by the authority versus the private partner

    Published: 18 March 2026

  4. Use of Bird Netting on Council Buildings (Past 5 Years)

    Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, covering the past five years (2019–2024) or as many years as data is available:

     

    1.Buildings:

    - Number of council-owned/managed buildings with bird netting installed.

     

    2.Bird Deaths & Trapped Birds:

    - Number of dead birds found in netting each year.

    - Number of birds trapped in netting each year, broken down by species if recorded.

    - How many trapped birds were dead vs rescued alive.

    - For any birds found alive: what happened to them (e.g., released, taken to vet/rescue, handed to contractor, culled).

     

    3.Inspections & Maintenance:

    - How often netting is inspected, repaired or replaced.

    - How many reports of trapped birds the council receives each year.

    - How often the council checks netting to ensure it is not harming birds.

     

    4.Rationale & Alternatives:

    - Reasons for using bird netting on council buildings.

    - Whether alternatives were considered, and if so, which.

     

    5.Costs:

    - Annual spending on installation, maintenance, and repair of bird netting.

    Published: 18 March 2026

  5. Protective measures in place to maintain historic fabric of Guildford High Street

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information on the protective measures currently in place to maintain the historic fabric of Guildford High Street.

    I would also like to request details of any measures taken to protect the historic fabric of the High Street between 1 January 2024 and 14 November 2025.

    In addition, please provide information on any protective measures in place for adjacent areas, including Castle Hill and the Castle Grounds.

    Please also confirm which teams or officers within Guildford Borough Council are responsible for implementing and overseeing these measures.

    Published: 9 December 2025

  6. Holocaust Definition adoption

    I would like to request the following information from under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

    1) Has the council formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including all 11 of the definition's examples?

    2) If the answer to question one is yes, in what year was the IHRA definition adopted? If the answer to question one is no, is the council considering adopting the definition, and what reason has been given for it not being adopted already?

    Published: 17 September 2025

  7. PCNs Issued (2022–2024)

    I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. The total number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by your council in each of the following calendar years: * 2022 * 2023 * 2024 2. If available, please also provide the number of PCNs issued specifically for parking on double yellow lines in each of those years. If the requested information is already publicly available, I would appreciate it if you could direct me to the relevant source. I would prefer to receive the information in electronic format if possible. If you require any clarification regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

    Published: 10 September 2025

  8. Freedom of Information request - Local authority complaints

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information held by your authority:

    1. Graffiti incidents

    The number of graffiti reports received by the council from members of the public or council staff, regardless of whether they were resolved or actioned, for the years:

    2022:

    2023:

    2024:

    2. Damp and mould complaints

    The number of complaints received by the council relating to damp and/or mould in residential properties within your area, including those passed to housing associations or ALMOs for resolution, for the years:

    2022:

    2023:

    2024:

    3. Littering enforcement

    The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for littering offences for the years:

    2022:

    2023:

    2024:

    4. Missed bin collections

    The number of household missed bin collections reported, including general waste, recycling, or food waste incidents (N.B. Please include reports made by residents and/or logged by contractors), for the years:

    2022:

    2023:

    2024:

    5. Community Protection Notices (CPNs)

    The total number of CPNs issued by the council – if available, please provide a breakdown by the type of behaviour or issue the notice was related to (e.g., noise, graffiti, fly tipping, waste, nuisance) – for the years:

    2022:

    2023:

    2024:

    Published: 9 September 2025

  9. Housing Stock

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please tell me the following information from Guildford Borough Council:

    1. How many units of social housing stock do you currently have?

    2. How many units of social housing stock did you own in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

    3. How many of these social housing units are currently in rental arrears?

    4. How many of these social housing units were in rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

    5. What is the total value of these rental arrears?

    6. What was the total value of these rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

    Published: 4 September 2025

  10. Planning application fees

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

    1. Please provide a breakdown of how the additional income generated from the increase in planning application fees introduced on 6 December 2023 has been allocated or spent. Where possible, please specify the services or functions supported and the amount allocated to each.

    2. Has the additional income generated from the planning application fee increase introduced on 6 December 2023 been used exclusively to support the delivery of the Local Authority’s planning function?

    3. What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in an agreed extension of time?

    4. What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in fee refunds under the Planning Guarantee?

    Published: 4 September 2025