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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494 disclosures

  1. Garages enquiry

    Please treat this as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    I’d be grateful for anything you can share on the following:

    1. Garage stock

    • How many garages does the council own or manage

    • How many are currently let, vacant, or decommissioned/awaiting redevelopment

    2. Who uses them (rough percentages)

    • Council tenants

    • Other local residents

    • Businesses

    3. Which service or team is responsible for managing garage assets?

    4. When was the last stock survey carried out?

    5. Is day to day management and maintenance handled in house?

    6. Typical monthly rent for a garage.

    7. Approximate annual income from garage lettings.

    8. Any common issues or complaints about garage sites over the past five years. (e.g. condition, security, anti social behaviour)

    9. Any recent or planned reviews or redevelopment of garage sites

    10. Any documents, if easily available, showing community engagement or wider impacts considered in these projects.

     

    Published: 14 April 2026

  2. Council Tax

    I would like to request proof of where the Resident’s Council Tax Payments are being spent.

    1- I would like to see the previous 3 years of receipts for where the council tax funding is being spent. I do not want to see percentages but proof in pounds (£s) as to where the annual council tax is being spent.

    2 - I would like to know if my council tax funds Guildford Borough Police Service, Guildford Borough Ambulance Service, Guildford Borough Waste collection and Schools. If so I would like to know as to what percentage it is distributed?

    3 - Which law, not legislation, states that council tax must be paid?

    4 - Which law states that it is a criminal offence to not pay council tax?

    5 - Please attach the copy of contract in where I agreed to pay for council tax. Please keep in mind that an ‘assumptuous agreement' does not stand up in court.

    Published: 13 April 2026

  3. Discretionary business rates relief for private schools

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information relating to discretionary business rates relief for private schools in your council area:

    1. Your Council’s policy on granting discretionary business rates relief to private schools, including relevant internal guidance documents, criteria, and any published policy documents as at the most recent financial year.

    2. How many private schools have applied to your Council for additional discretionary business rates relief following the Government’s withdrawal of the 80% mandatory business rates relief for private schools.

    3. Of those applications, how many were granted discretionary relief in part or whole (i.e., awarded amounts above the no-longer-mandated 80% relief). Please provide numbers of awards and, where available, the value of relief awarded in total and, if possible, broken down per school.

    4. How much additional business rates has your Council collected since the abolition of the mandatory 80% business rates relief for private schools (i.e., additional net business rates income received in the relevant period).

    Published: 13 April 2026

  4. Missed Household Waste Collections 2025

    I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide all recorded information relating to missed household waste collections during the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 for the following roads:

    Frimley Road, Ash Vale.
     Walnutree Close, Guildford.

    For each missed collection, please provide:

    1. The date of the missed collection.

    2. The type of waste affected (refuse, recycling, food waste, garden waste).

    3. The reason recorded for the missed collection.

    4. Whether the collection was later completed, and if so, on what date.

    5. Any associated service reports, job logs, or internal notes relating to the missed collection.

    Published: 13 April 2026

  5. Housing allocations enquiry

    Please find below a Freedom of Information request in relation to housing Allocations policy.

    1. Do you operate an earnings/income threshold for your housing waiting list? If so, how many people were refused to be placed on it in 2024/25 because their income was above the threshold?

    2. Are applications to join the waiting list refused when applicants are deemed unable to afford the rent? If so, how many households were refused on that basis in 2024/25?

    3. Do you make a financial assessment of households pre-tenancy to assess if the applicant can afford the rent? If so, how many households were refused a tenancy in 2024/25 on the grounds that they were deemed unable to afford the rent?

    5. Do you have a 'Greenlight for Housing' process for applicants who are refused a tenancy on the grounds of insufficient income, whereby you assist them to improve their finances to be able to qualify for a tenancy in a later bid?

    6. If you have such a process do people who refuse to participate in it have their application for a tenancy voided?

    Published: 13 April 2026

  6. 2022 waste collection enquiry

    Information Request - I would like to request a copy of the refuse collection dates for the year 2022 for Pond Meadow in Guildford.

    Published: 13 April 2026

  7. Recycled Clothing Banks

    We write to request information regarding this council’s position and policy on the operation of unauthorized textile recycling banks. Please provide answers to the following questions:



    Q.1 – Does this council condemn or condone: The activity of 3rd parties (including private companies or charities) operating textile recycling banks on land owned by your council without gaining the explicit permission/consent of your council?



    Q.2 – Does this council condemn or condone: The activity of 3rd parties (including private companies or charities) operating textile recycling banks on land owned by a relevant council other than this council without gaining the explicit permission/consent of the relevant council owning the land?



    Q.3 – Does this council condemn or condone: The activity of 3rd parties (including private companies or charities) operating textile recycling banks on land owned by the council or land privately owned without gaining the relevant environmental regulation permits from the relevant authorities including this council?



    Q.4 – Does this council condemn or condone: The activity of 3rd parties (including private companies or charities) operating textile recycling banks on land owned by the council or land privately owned without gaining the relevant environmental regulation permits from the relevant authorities including councils other than this council?



    Q.5 – Does this council condemn or condone: The activity of 3rd parties (including private companies or charities) operating textile recycling banks on land owned by the council or land privately owned where the respective 3rd party is in possession of stolen textile bank(s)?

    Published: 13 April 2026

  8. Residential information request

    I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like to request that the Council provide a document in Excel or CSV format which sets out the following information for each road in the area the Council covers which contains at least 1 residential address:


    1. Road Name
    2. Number of Houses
    3. Number of Registered Electors
    4. Polling District
    5. Parish Ward (if applicable)
    6. Parish (if applicable)
    7. Ward
    8. County Division
    9. Parliamentary Constituency


    The information should be accurate as of 1st January 2026.

    Published: 13 April 2026

  9. Recorded Assurance

    This is a further Freedom of Information request. You have explained that internal software-based wiping relies on confirmation from the relevant software as observed by the individual conducting the erasure, and that this confirmation is not recorded as evidence.

    1. Please confirm whether the Council holds any recorded information explaining the basis on which visual confirmation of software completion is considered sufficient to conclude that personal data on the storage media has been rendered irrecoverable in practice.

    Separately, you state that data sanitisation certificates are contractually required from the Council’s IT disposal partner, but that wiping is not specifically proven through the Council’s own processes.

    2. Please confirm whether the Council holds any recorded information demonstrating that these certificates constitute verification of the effectiveness of the erasure outcome, rather than confirmation that a wiping processor tool was used.

    Finally, where disposal decisions consider factors such as whether disk encryption was previously in place --

    3. Please confirm whether the Council holds any recorded information describing the basis on which encryption is considered sufficient assurance that residual data on the storage media would be irrecoverable if software erasure were incomplete.

    I am not requesting technical configuration detail, only clarification of the recorded assurance framework relied upon when concluding that personal data has been rendered irrecoverable.

    Published: 13 April 2026

  10. Non domestic completion notices

    Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please could I request a list of Non-Domestic Completion Notices served by the authority from 01/01/2026 to the present date.

    I would be grateful if the list could include;

    * The property reference number (otherwise known as billing authority reference number).

    * The address of the property to which the notice relates.

    * The date the notice was served.

    * The completion date recorded.

    * The business or person to whom the notice was served.

    * Address to where the Notice was sent.

    * Whether the notice was issued by the billing authority or a third party.

    Published: 13 April 2026