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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195 disclosures

  1. FOI Request: Annual Demolition Permits Issued

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

    Please could you provide:

    1. The number of demolition permits issued by your council for each of the past five calendar years, September 2021 and September 2025.

    2. If available, please include the following for each permit:

    o Address or location of the property;

    o Date the permit was issued;

    o Reason for demolition (if recorded);

    o Whether the building was classified as derelict, vacant, or structurally unsound before demolition.

    Published: 21 November 2025

  2. Business Rates - HANGAR HOUSE, WOOD YARD LANE, FOSTON, DERBY, DE65 5DJ

    FOI Request - Business Rates - HANGAR HOUSE, WOOD YARD LANE, FOSTON, DERBY, DE65 5DJ - BA Reference: 10221900012

    In terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and subject to section 40(2) on excluding personal data, could you please provide me with the below information for the above property:

    -The ratepayer(s) for both the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years.

    -Rates payable for both years including any relief that has been awarded to the account.

    Please can your response be issued directly to this email address.

    Published: 21 November 2025

  3. Household leaflet information about waste collection dates

    There has not been a printed list of waste collection dates for the year 2025-2026. What was the annual cost to produce and deliver them from 2020? What is the reason for not providing one for 2025-26? How much might the council save per household by not providing one?

    Published: 19 November 2025

  4. Housing Enforcement

    I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act 2000:

    All prosecutions of, and civil penalties issued to, companies by the Council under the Housing Act 2004 since 2010, including name of the company, date of prosecution/penalty, size of monetary penalty including costs awarded, and a brief description of the offence

    Published: 17 November 2025

  5. Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Requests: pest control services

    Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:

    1) Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.

    2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).

    3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).

    4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).

    5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the council’s pest control service or contractors.

    Published: 14 November 2025

  6. Request under the Freedom of Information Act

    Since 4 July 2024, how many visas has your Council sponsored.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  7. Freedom of Information Request - Temporary Accommodation

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information relating to the use of hotels for temporary accommodation:

    1. Hotel Usage:

    * Do you currently use any hotels (either directly or through third-party providers) for temporary accommodation purposes, such as housing homeless households or individuals?

    * If yes, please list the hotel names and postcodes currently in use.

    1. Rates and Payments:

    * What are the typical rates paid per room or per night (or per room per month) for such accommodation?

    * Please provide the average rate range or rate bands applicable for the past 12 months.

    1. Opportunities to Offer Hotels:

    * Can external hotel operators or accommodation providers offer rooms to the Council at lower or more competitive rates for temporary accommodation use?

    1. Procurement / Contact Information:

    * If yes, please provide the name, email address, and contact number of the appropriate officer or department to whom such offers or proposals should be directed (e.g., Housing, Temporary Accommodation, or Procurement)

    Published: 13 November 2025

  8. Freedom of Information request re. primate licensing

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide:

    1. The total number of applications the council have received under the Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024 between 6 April 2025 and 1 November 2025 inclusive.

    2. Where applications have been received, the species of primate and the number of animals within each application.

    3. The total number of licences granted and refused.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  9. Freedom of Information request - FOI Request: Public Clocks on Council-Owned Buildings

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

    1. How many buildings currently owned or maintained by the council have publicly visible external clocks?

    2. For each such building:

    - The building name and address

    - Whether the clock(s) is currently functioning

    - Whether there is an allocated maintenance budget for the clock(s)

    - If not functioning, when the clock was last operational (if known)

    3. Any recent (past 5 years) correspondence, reports, or assessments regarding the maintenance, repair, or removal of public clocks on council-owned or maintained buildings.

    If this information is held in a spreadsheet or database format, I would be grateful to receive it in that format. If any parts of this request are unclear, I would be happy to clarify.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  10. FOI Request - Complaint Data on Driver/Car Behaviour

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am seeking aggregated data regarding public complaints made to South Derbyshire about problematic driver and vehicle behaviour. Please provide, for the years 2020 to the most recent available date, annual totals for:

    - Public complaints relating to cars that are excessively noisy, including those believed to be deliberately modified or driven to emit excessive noise (e.g., “boy racers,” “revving engines,” “loud exhausts”).

    - Public complaints about antisocial driving behaviours, including but not limited to speeding, street racing, dangerous driving, and use of vehicles in a manner causing harassment, alarm, or distress.

    - Any other categories of road-user or vehicle-related nuisance or antisocial behaviour maintained in your records (please specify category name if not obvious).

    For each category, please supply:

    - The total number of complaints per year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024/2025 if available).

    - The method of reporting (if recorded: e.g., email, hotline, online portal, etc.).

    - Any notes on how these issues are classified or defined by your council (if recorded).

    - If possible, please provide the response as a structured spreadsheet (CSV or XLSX) with columns: “Year”, “Complaint Type”, “Number of Complaints”, ”Method”, ”Notes” for easier national comparison.

    If records are not broken down as requested, please provide whatever aggregated or category-level information is available.

    Published: 13 November 2025