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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Please can you provide a list of all council owned solar parks and rooftop solar PV over 100kw.
Published: 4 October 2018
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I request that you provide information regarding the sale of the open voting register for commercial or marketing purposes. I would like to know the following: • How many number of copies and entries of the open voting register has the council sold? • How much income has the council generated? • Which companies and individuals that have purchased data and at what cost? • What is the total number of companies and/or individuals that have purchased data? Please could I get this data broken down by: • Annually since 2015 • Data format and printed format I would prefer to receive this information electronically. If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Act.
Published: 1 October 2018
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The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018 is due to come into effect on October 1, 2018. Similar legislation is in effect in Scotland. It requires private landlords with properties housing three or more tenants, forming more than one household, to obtain an HMO license. Those with properties in which tenants share a bathroom, kitchen or toilet facilities with others also require to be licensed. I would like to know if your local authority has conducted research to establish how many properties within its area fall into this category and are owned by landlords who now require to obtain an HMO license. Further, I would like to know if your local authority has conducted research to establish how many properties within its area are, as of September 3, 2018, compliant with the new regulations such that the landlord has been granted a license or could expect to be granted a license.
Published: 28 September 2018
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1. The total number of summons issued to council tax defaulters for the following financial years: a. 2015/16 b. 2016/17 c. 2017/18 2. The total number of liability orders issued to council tax defaulters for the following financial years: a. 2015/16 b. 2016/17 c. 2017/18 3. The total number of summons issued to business rate defaulters for the following financial years: a. 2015/16 b. 2016/17 c. 2017/18 4. The total number of liability orders issued to business rate defaulters for the following financial years: a. 2015/16 b. 2016/17 c. 2017/18
Published: 28 September 2018
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Has your council paid any money to "boost" posts on Facebook? If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year? Please also provide the same figures for 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14 Could you provide a list of posts that were boosted? Could you also tell me if anything has been paid by the council for extra "likes" on facebook? Please provide figures for extra likes for 2016/17 (so far), 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14. Could you also provide figures for how many likes were purchased in each financial year? Has your council paid to advertise its page on facebook? If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year? Please also provide the same figures for 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.
Published: 27 September 2018
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1. How much money did your authority pay PRS for Music for licences to play music at work during the following financial years: a) 2015/16 b) 2016/17 c) 2017/18
Published: 26 September 2018
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We are requesting information from you about public toilets in your council area. Can you please respond via email informing on the following:
• Number of public toilets currently available in your local council (including toilets in public buildings i.e. Libraries, sports centres, etc.)
• Number of public toilets currently managed by your local council
• Number of public toilets offering disabled access
• If you are part of any programme or scheme that works to grant increased access to public toilets such the Council Community Toilet Scheme, RADAR or others
• The number of public toilets managed for the council available in the year 2000 in your council area NB Where possible please answer with a number (and flag if this is an estimate) - we aren't looking for numbers on individual cubicles within facilities.
Published: 26 September 2018
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Information Request - In reply to a recent FOI question about waste recycling, Surrey County Council provided me with the following information: "Surrey County Council are responsible for the collection of waste through the 15 Community Recycling Centres (CRC) provided throughout Surrey. Shown below is a summary for 2016/17 of the amounts of waste that are collected at the CRCs and forwarded on for recycling and reuse. It also shows the amount of waste that has to be sent for landfill and energy recovery. In total 113,762 tonnes of waste were brought to the CRCs by householders and of this Surrey CC sent 62% for recycling and reuse. Material destination Tonnage to landfill and energy recovery [through incineration]: 42,878.81 - 38% Tonnage to recycling and reuse: 70,883.30 - 62% Total CRC Tonnes: 113,762.11 - 100%." SCC added "It should be noted that this table does not include the household waste collected at the kerbside. Kerbside waste collections are the responsibility of the Borough and District Councils and I would suggest that you contact these authorities if you require the information for kerbside collections." Can you please provide equivalent figures for kerbside waste collected by GBC, showing what proportion of this goes (a) to landfill and incineration and (b) recycling and reuse? Secondly, how much "green bin" waste is collected but is afterwards found unsuitable for recycling and is therefore diverted to landfill or incineration?
Published: 25 September 2018
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1. The number of new pitches for Gypsy and Traveller encampents given planning permission by your local authority in each financial year from 2012/13 to 2016/17? 2. Any estimate for the need for new pitches in your local authority made during this period 3. The number of pitches expected to be delivered from identified land supply in local plans
Published: 25 September 2018
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The Local Plan listed sites that had not been brought forward, many of which were listed as not viable. I would like the full list of sites not included in the plan, stating their acreage, the type of land the sites are on (pre-developed, undeveloped, greenfield, brownfield, greenbelt etc) and the full details and assessment that resulted in exclusion from the Local Plan.
Published: 25 September 2018