Freedom of information (FOI) releases from South Derbyshire District Council

This is a disclosure log of South Derbyshire District 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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42 disclosures

  1. Freedom of Information request - List of names and numbers assigned to properties by the Authority

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

    Please provide an up-to-date list of all current properties within the Authority’s jurisdiction.

    Where the word "assigned" is used, it is referring to what the Authority deems to be the official value for the purposes of administering its naming and numbering duties. Please include the following 9 columns: 1. "Property local authority reference": the reference the Authority uses internally to uniquely identify the property.

    2. "Property name": the officially recognised name of the property. Leave blank if no name is assigned.

    3. "Property number": the number of the property on its street. For example, "13", "221B" or "18-20". Leave blank if no number is assigned.

    4. "Property sub-division name": flat, apartment, unit or suite names/numbers, for example. Leave blank if the property is not a sub-division.

    5. "UPRN": the Unique Property Reference Number.

    6. "Street local authority reference": the reference the Authority uses internally to uniquely identify the street the property is located on.

    7. "Street name": the name of the street the property is located on. For example, "High Street". Leave blank if no name is assigned.

    8. "Street number": the number of the street the property is located on, such as "A12" or "B123". Non-standard numbers used internally by the Authority such as "C", "D" and "U" roads are also acceptable, but not required. Leave blank if no number is assigned.

    9. "USRN": the Unique Street Reference Number of the street the property is located on.

    Published: 2 April 2025

  2. Council tax queries Housing Associations Landlords

    Please advise if there is anyone who deals with Housing associations landlords within council tax team, please provide their name, direct email address and phone number too please. If not, please provide and alternative email address, where complicated queries can be dealt with and advise who takes responsibility for responding to queries. For example, who at the council can review a portfolio and advise if there are long term empty property premiums applied to accounts, with a view to getting these brought back into use. Or advise how many accounts have outstanding balance with courts summons or out with debt collectors. 1. Is it possible to arrange an in person or teams meeting to discuss accounts and get certainty that they are up to date. How can this be arranged and who with? Please provide contact details. C) Can you please advise if there is an online portal that is useable for a Housing association to log on and download bills and review accounts. ie not one bill per online account, but all accounts per portal. Please advise how we can get access. 1. Please advise if the council tax department can extract data showing closed accounts with balances and or open accounts with long term premiums added. 1. Please advise, if the council has a registered charity or housing association listed as the account holder, is it policy to automatically apply class B exemption or does this need to be applied for each time a tenant changes. Please let me know if there is a different policy. 1. Does the council automatically issue refunds for credits on accounts or do they have to be requested?

    Published: 27 March 2025

  3. Dog fouling complaints

    I would like to request the following information regarding local dog waste:

    The total number of dog fouling complaints that you have received in the last 12 months? (March 2024-March 2025)

    How many fines/fixed penalty notices have been handed out to people for not cleaning up dog waste between March 2024-March 2025?

    How many dog poo/dog waste bins do you have, as of March 2025? This includes dedicated dog poo/dog waste bins as well as public litter bins that accept dog waste.

    Published: 26 March 2025

  4. Freedom of Information request - Rent-to-rent properties

    My request relates to the use of the lease model known as rent-to-rent. I would like to request the following information: Please tell me how much your council has spent on housing residents in rent-to-rent properties within and outside your borough in the last five financial years. To be clear, this relates to the following periods:

    April 1, 2024 – March 19, 2025

    April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

    April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023

    April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022

    April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021

    Published: 26 March 2025

  5. Environmental Information Request (EIR) – Sale of Open Space Land

    Please list all open space land sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 13 November 1980

    If the Council is unable to respond to question 1 (setting out the reason that may be the case), then, in the alternative and to the extent documents are retained and readily available, please list all open space sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 2000.

    With regard to the open space land listed as sold, please confirm whether the advertising requirements at section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 were followed.

    Published: 26 March 2025

  6. FOI Request: Sewage Trucks

    I am writing to you requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Could you please provide me with the following information: 1. The number of sewage trucks in use in your area (and their location) in: a. 2020 b. 2021 c. 2022 d. 2023 e. 2024

    Published: 6 March 2025

  7. Print Contract

    Dear South Derbyshire District Council, Ref: Print Contract I would be grateful if you could help in answering our request for information regarding any current office print procurement contracts your organisation may hold. 1. Do you have a print contract for your general office printers or multi-functional devices (MFDs), if so, please provide the name of the contract provider? 2. Please confirm the start and end date of each contract named in question 1. 3. Please confirm the end date of any extension periods for each contract named in question 1. 4. When do you intend to start re-tendering for each contract named in question 1. 5. How many printers and MFDs are deployed across your organisation? 6. What is your annual output (print and copy) volume (mono and colour) and spend? 7. Who is the person(s) within your organisation responsible for these contract(s)? please provide their role/title and contact details?

    Published: 6 March 2025

  8. FOI Request

    Please provide the following information where available: · Current IT Service Model – Is your IT delivery primarily in-house, outsourced, or a hybrid approach, and if not delivered in-house, who provides this service? · Major IT Contracts – Key details of significant IT service contracts (including scope, value, end date and any options for extension or renegotiation). · Future IT Plans – Any strategic plans or considerations for changing IT delivery models (e.g., outsourcing, in-sourcing, multi-sourcing).

    Published: 6 March 2025

  9. Chief Executive expenses

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: I would like the details of expenses claimed by your council's chief executive. I would like the expenses claimed from 31st August 2023 to 31st August 2024 (inclusive). If your current chief executive was in not in post at the time, please supply the claims from the then-chief executive. I would like the following details: the date of the expense what was the monetary value a description of what it was, e.g. "business dinner for six people". If no description of the reason for the expense is available, a simple description of what was paid for will suffice, e.g. "business class flight", "uber taxi". I would also request copies of the receipts of each expense, where a receipt was filed. I do not need the original documents. I would like all expenses including those which were reimbursements, made on a company credit card or booked internally through any admin system used by the council (for example, some businesses use a travel portal that facilitates the booking of trains and hotels).

    Published: 28 February 2025

  10. Planning

    • How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11? • How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16? • How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21? • How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council? • What percentage of your planning department is currently fully staffed? • How many FTE vacancies for planning officers is your council currently carrying (if any)? • Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council? If so, which council(s)? • How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24?

    Published: 28 February 2025