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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212 disclosures

  1. EIR Request for Con29R information for 127 HILLSIDE ROAD, LINTON, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 6RB (00778656)

    Please would you provide information in relation to the Con29R questions on the following property (plan attached): 127 HILLSIDE ROAD LINTON SWADLINCOTE DE12 6RB We would need answers for the following questions please: • 3.7b-d, & f • 3.13a-c.

    Published: 8 December 2025

  2. Freedom of Information request - Planning Committee Membership (2000–present)

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

    • A list of all councillors who are or have been members of the planning committee, for the period 2000 to the present day.

    • For each councillor, please include their start and end dates of service on the committee.

    • Please also indicate which councillor(s) served as Chair of the committee, and their corresponding dates in that role.

    I am happy to receive the information in any convenient format (e.g. CSV, spreadsheet, or typed document).

    Published: 8 December 2025

  3. Freedom of Information Request, FOI - Littering Enforcement, Fly-tipping and Litter Bin Statistics

    Littering Fines

    1. Do you issue fines for littering? (YES/NO)

    2. If so, at what level do you levy fines?

    Enforcement & Statistics

    3. Do you use an in-house team or a private enforcement company to issue fines for littering?

    4. How many Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)?

    5. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for car parking did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)?

    Litter Bins

    6. How many litter bins do you have in your council area now?

    7. How many litter bins did you have 10 years ago (2014/2015)?

    8. Have you removed any litter bins in the past 10 years, and if so, how many?

    Litter Clearance Costs

    9. What was your annual spending on litter clearance in 2024/2025 compared to 2014/2015?

    Fly-tipping

    10. How many people did you catch fly-tipping in 2024?

    11. How many FPNs did you issue for fly-tipping in 2024?

    12. How many of the FPNs issued for fly-tipping were paid?

    13. How many people did you prosecute for fly-tipping in court in 2024?

    14. How many of the court prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence for fly-tipping?

    I understand that under the Act, you have 20 working days to respond to this request. If you require any clarification regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

    If you are unable to provide any of the requested information, I would be grateful if you could explain which exemption you are applying and why.

    Published: 8 December 2025

  4. EPC ratings of social housing (13/11/2025)

    (14/11/2025)

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

    The purpose of this request is to gather data on the EPC ratings of social housing.

    Specifically, I am seeking anonymised, current data on the following:

    1. The total number of council-owned social housing dwellings within your local authority’s housing stock (as of November 2025)

    2. The total number of council-owned social housing dwellings within each EPC rating band (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

    Example format (illustrative):

    The total number of council-owned social

    housing dwellings

    A

    B

    C

    D

    E

    F

    G

    9,824

    77

    573

    6,131

    2,691

    272

    52

    28

    NOTE: If the council also owns any registered provider or housing association dwellings, please include these within the figures. If not, please proceed with council-owned stock only.

    I confirm that I am not seeking any personal or identifying information about residents.

    I would like you to provide the information in the following format:

    * Please provide the information in electronic format, preferably as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file. Please avoid sending PDFs or Word documents if possible.

    If you are unable to provide the specified information:

    Published: 8 December 2025

  5. Freedom of Information request - Anti-social behaviour injunction applications by councils

    Please provide the following information under the FOI Act:

    1. In the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, please provide the number of applications made by the council for anti-social behaviour (ASB) injunctions under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

    2. For each of these years, please provide a breakdown of the gender, age (child or adult if necessary), ethnicity and any disability recorded for the person who is subject to the application

    3. Please list the reasons given for the ASB injunction applications made in each of the above years

    4. Please specify how many of the injunctions sought included a term prohibiting begging, whether actively or passively

    5. Please specify how many of the injunctions sought included a term prohibiting rough sleeping

    6. Please provide details on how much was spent by the council in court costs (applications, legal fees, etc) for ASB injunctions in each of these years

    7. Please disclose any policies or internal procedures relating to the council’s approach to using ASB injunctions to address begging or rough sleeping

    Published: 8 December 2025

  6. Freedom of Information request - Tree Management and Survey Data (2015–Present)

    I am undertaking an analysis of tree data and would be grateful if you could provide information as outlined below. I am happy to refine or narrow the request if necessary and appreciate any advice under Section 16 of the Act to enable the most efficient disclosure.

    1. Tree Management System

    Please confirm which tree management software package your organisation currently uses. If it is an in-house system, please state this; or state if none is used.

    2. Tree Inventory Summary

    Please provide:

    • The approximate number of trees for which your organisation has management responsibility.

    • The number of those trees that are subject to Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs).

    3. Tree Data

    Please provide available tree data for the period 2015 to the current date.

    If the dataset is too large or would exceed the appropriate cost/time limits under Section 12 of the FOI Act, please provide a manageable subset of the data. I will calculate proportionality from this subset.

    Would you either:

    • Provide a link to a publicly accessible and downloadable portal, or

    • Provide the data in CSV or XLSX format.

    For each tree, I would be grateful if the following attributes could be included where available:

    • Survey data capture date

    • Tree number/reference

    • Species

    • Height

    • Diameter at breast height (DBH)

    • Crown dimensions

    • Growth direction measurements (North, East, South, West)

    • Tree location (Ordnance Survey coordinates, British National Grid reference, Global ID, or other locational parameter)

    Where a tree has been surveyed on multiple occasions, please include all recorded entries (for example, Tree 1 may have data spanning 2015–2024, Tree 2 may only have data for 2023–2024).

    4. Format and Clarification

    If the data structure or field names differ from the list above, please include a brief explanation or a data dictionary so that the dataset can be interpreted accurately.

    Published: 30 November 2025

  7. Freedom of Information Act 2000 request

    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

    All information can be found via the follow link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

    -          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

    Our funding comes from the Homeless Prevention Grant that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government award us (previously Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) – The following link provides award amounts, which funds our total expenditure for homelessness/associated services - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2023-to-2025

    -          Total number of nights spent in temporary accommodation in most recent financial year

    o   Year on year total and percentage change

    -          All information can be found via the follow link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

     

    1. Furthermore, where recorded, please provide data on outcomes or success rates for the following types of intervention:

    -          Temporary accommodation

    -          Rapid rehousing

    -          Supported housing schemes

     

    All information can be found via the follow link, where prevention/relief/main duty cases are discharged in to the Supported Accommodation/outcomes from Temporary Accommodation. We do not utilise rapid re-housing.  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

     

    1. 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.

     

    Central Government Grants:

    HPG - as outlined above.

    RSI - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-funding-allocations

    Winter Pressures Fund - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-winter-pressures-2024-25-funding-allocations (more years are available in the footer)

    Homes for Ukraine - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-funding-april-to-june-2025 (more years are available in the footer)

     

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

     

    £ 112,986.60

     

    1. 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:

                                                .     Name of the private partner(s) (e.g. company or charity).

                                                .     Date of commencement and duration of the contract or agreement. 

                                                .     Purpose and scope (e.g., management of temporary accommodation, development of affordable homes, regeneration project). 

                                                .     Funding structure – the proportion of budget provided by the authority versus the private partner

     

    P3:  14th May 2021 – March 2026 - Preventing Homelessness by Supporting Mental Health Project - £12,500 per quarter – SDDC pay for this service/staffing in full.

     

    P3: 3rd April 2017 – Ongoing – Provision of Temporary Accommodation Services - £13,500 per 6 monthly – Unfortunately we do not hold data on how much the Charity contributes towards this service, as we utilise some of their bed spaces.

     

    P3: August 2020 – August 2026 – Out of Hours Service for Homeless Approaches - £15,550 per annum - Unfortunately we do not hold data on how much the Charity contributes towards this service, as we utilise their staff to take out of hours calls.

     

    New Horizons: May 2020 – March 2026 – Domestic Abuse Services - £71k per annum - Unfortunately we do not hold data on how much the Charity contributes towards this service, as we utilise some of their refuge houses/staff support.

     

    Call Before You Serve: 2020 – March 2026 – Landlord & Tenant Service – 14K per annum - Unfortunately we do not hold data on how much the Organisation contributes towards this service, as this is funded amongst many Local Authorities.

     

    HIRO - October 2023 – Ongoing – Contribution towards High Risk Offender Accommodation - £3420 per annum - Unfortunately we do not hold data on how much the Organisation contributes towards this service, as this is funded amongst many Local Authorities.

     

    Published: 30 November 2025

  8. FOIA Request from Freshfields (on behalf of Shelter)

    1. Please provide copies of any policies, guidelines and/or training prepared and/or

    followed by your authority’s housing department which relate to the practice of

    notifying Applicants of an Offer in discharge of the ‘main housing duty’, and the

    steps to be taken by your authority’s housing department where an Applicant

    accepts or refuses an Offer.

     

    South Derbyshire District Council utilises the ‘Andy Gale Toolkits’ which can be found via the following link: https://locatahousingservices.org.uk/new-andy-gale-toolkits-prevention-homelessness/#

     

    We also follow the Homelessness Code of Guidance & utilise Shelter Legal for all resources/training: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-code-of-guidance-for-local-authorities  &   https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal

     

    Attached is also our Allocations Policy.

     

    2. Please confirm what information is provided, and in what format, to Applicants

    when your authority’s housing department makes an Offer in discharge of the

    ‘main housing duty’. In particular:

    (a) Please confirm whether, and if so how, Applicants are advised in relation

    to:

    (i) the potential consequences of accepting or refusing an Offer,

    including as regards the potential termination of the authority’s

    ‘main housing duty’; and

    (ii) the Applicant’s right to request a review.

    (b) To the extent your authority’s housing department uses any templates

    and/or precedents for such communications, please provide copies of the

    same.

    (c) Please provide copies of the information provided to the Applicants in

    receipt of the five most recent Offers made by your authority’s housing

    department, including the Offer itself and any subsequent correspondence.

     

    As above in regards to utilising ‘Andy Gale Toolkits’, Letters are uploaded to the Housing Jigsaw System, in chronological order to the applicant as applicable. However, applicants at South Derbyshire bid through the housing register, we do not tend to do Direct Offers/Offers in the Private Rented Sector due to the success rate through the Housing Register, so when applicants bid and are being shortlisted, we send the offer letter to them if they are being offered.

     

    3. Please confirm what information is provided, and in what format, after an Applicant

    accepts or refuses an Offer and your authority’s housing department terminates

    its ‘main housing duty’. In particular:

    (a) Please confirm whether it is your authority’s housing department’s practice

    to always send a separate letter to notify the Applicant of the termination

    of the ‘main housing duty’ after the acceptance or refusal of an Offer.

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    (b) Please confirm, and if so how, Applicants are advised in relation to:

    (i) the consequences of your authority’s housing department

    terminating its ‘main housing duty’; and

    (ii) the Applicant’s right to request a review.

    (c) To the extent your authority’s housing department uses any templates

    and/or precedents for such communications, please provide copies of the

    same.

    (d) Please provide copies of the information provided in the five most recent

    cases where an Applicant has accepted or refused an Offer and your

    authority’s housing department has terminated its ‘main housing duty’.

     

    As above in regards to utilising ‘Andy Gale Toolkits’, Letters are uploaded to the Housing Jigsaw System, in chronological order to the applicant as applicable. Separate letter is sent following closure of a duty ending.

     

    4. If your authority’s housing department’s approach to notifying Applicants of Offers

    and/or the steps to be taken where an Applicant refuses an Offer is currently under

    and/or has been subject to review and/or legal challenge, please provide further

    details (and if already known, the outcome of that review and/or legal challenge).

    N/A

    Published: 30 November 2025

  9. FOI Cladding / EWS1 Buildings in Your Area

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide a list of all residential or mixed-use buildings within your local authority area that meet any of the following criteria:

    • Have applied for or received funding under the Building Safety Fund or Cladding Safety Scheme;

    • Have been identified by Building Control as having external wall systems (EWS1) requiring remediation;

    • Contain ACM, HPL, or other combustible cladding materials recorded by your authority.

    For each building, please include (where not exempt under Section 40 or 43):

    • Building name and street address

    • Postcode

    • Number of storeys

    • Status (e.g. remediation pending / completed / funding approved / withdrawn)

    • Managing agent or responsible entity, if available

    I understand personal data may be exempt and am content to receive block-level or development-level information only (no individual flats).

    Published: 30 November 2025

  10. FOI Request – Charges to Retailers for Abandoned Shopping Trolleys (CNEA 2005)

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

    Please provide the following details for the last five financial years (or the most recent available period):

    1. The total quantity by retailer and value of charges or fines levied by your council on retailers for the removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned shopping trolleys, under the powers granted by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and/or Schedule 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

    2. A breakdown of these charges by retailer, including the number of trolleys recovered and the total amount charged per retailer.

    3. Any policy documents or fee schedules used to determine the charges applied to retailers for abandoned trolleys.

    4. Whether your council operates a voluntary trolley collection scheme with retailers, and if so, which retailers are participating.

    Published: 28 November 2025