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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427 disclosures
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1) For purposes of decision-taking (determining planning applications), is the Authority currently able to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites (with the appropriate buffer, as set out in paragraph 73 of the National Planning Policy Framework?
2) What is the level (expressed in years) of the council's current supply of deliverable housing sites? 3) What is the appropriate buffer applicable to the council's supply?
4) Has a Planning Inspector or Inspectors confirmed, rejected or determined the current position referred to in Questions 1 and 2 in determining any appeals?
5) If so, would you please be kind enough to provide the appeal reference number(s)?
6) When is the authority's new local development plan anticipated to be ready to be adopted?
Published: 20 April 2020
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1. In relation to hackney vehicles, could you please confirm if your vehicle conditions state that only the Council's hackney carriage table of fares/tariffs are permitted on the meter?
2. If so, please could you send me a copy of the condition(s).
3. If you don't have a condition on the vehicle licence, do have any policy or similar on this matter?
Published: 14 April 2020
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I would like to make a FoI request for an up to date copy of the cooling tower register at your council.
Published: 9 April 2020
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The total amount of people currently on the Guildford Borough Council Housing Waiting List
How many people are in which band of priority The number of properties in the council's housing stock And how many vacant properties you have
Published: 7 April 2020
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Please advise: 1. The total number of works of art owned by your local authority.
2. The estimated total value.
3. The number of works currently on display.
4. How many works of art have been donated by the local authority over the past five years?
5. How many works of art have been leased by the local authority over the past five years and the total revenue.
6. How many works of art have been sold by the local authority over the past five years and the total proceeds from any sales.
Published: 7 April 2020
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal.
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the partner councils?
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day to day municipal bin collections: a. Yotta b. Bartec Collective c. AMCS Clear d. Whitespace/Powersuite e. Contender/Swift Datapro/Agile f. Selected Interventions / Echo g. Core (Suez) h. Webaspx i. Microsoft Excel or similar j. No IT system k. Other: [please name] Response.....
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire?
Published: 3 April 2020
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Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to be provided with the following information: The total number of European nationals living within the jurisdiction of the council (ie the total number of EU nationals that the council is aware of in their area) and how this number was arrived at.
A copy of all council communications targeting EU nationals specifically since 2016 (including social media ads or posts targeting the EU population)
Has the council written to European nationals in its area to inform them of their rights and options following Brexit? If yes, how many times?
What, if any, preparation has the council undertaken as regards European nationals within their area and the implementation of Brexit?
Is there a communication strategy for EU nationals informing them of the impact of Brexit?
Published: 1 April 2020
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1. Does the council have any policies or ones in development to support community led housing? If so, what are they and where do they appear?
2. Between January 2010 and December 2019, how many grants and/or loans has the council given to community led housing groups or organisations?
3. Between January 2010 and December 2019, how many land disposals or leases has the council made to community led housing groups or organisations?
4. Do you have dedicated staff to support community led housing? If so, what are their job titles?
Published: 25 March 2020
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1. Has your council passed a motion mandating the council area to go net-zero carbon by a given target date?
2. If the answer to 1) is 'yes', what is the target date?
3. If the answer to 1) is 'yes', has your council produced an action plan of how to get the area to net zero carbon by the target date?
Published: 24 March 2020
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: Please could you tell me how much has been spent on: 1. Ceremonial robes and props for council officials 2. Public relations (including social media) 3. Taxis taken by council officials 4. Mobile phones 5. Advertising council cuts or how the council will cope with them Please give me the information broken down by year, for the last six years (by this I mean from 2014 and including any data you have for 2020).
Published: 23 March 2020