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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  1. 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: 6 November 2025

  2. Con29R information for 7 TULLA CLOSE, STENSON FIELDS, DERBY, DE24 3AD

    Please would you provide information in relation to the Con29R questions on the following property (plan attached):

    7 TULLA CLOSE STENSON FIELDS DERBY DE24 3AD

    We would need answers for the following questions please:

    • 3.7b-d, & f

    • 3.13a-c

    Published: 3 November 2025

  3. Weekly Housing Benefit eligible rent levels

    Please provide weekly Housing Benefit eligible rent levels paid for all supported accommodation in the Borough (and clarify if these are supported but not exempt and supported exempt). If possible, please could you show the total/gross weekly rent split between the core rent, eligible and ineligible service charges. This data is contained in the Single Housing Benefit extract provided to the DWP so should be relatively easy to provide

    Published: 3 November 2025

  4. Disposable Vape Fines - UK Councils

    I would like to make a Freedom of Information request for the following information: The number of fines given to traders for the illegal sale of disposable vapes since 1st June 2025.

    Published: 3 November 2025

  5. Residential Park Home Sites

    Please provide the following information regarding the licensing of protected residential park home sites in your local authority area, and the implementation of the Fit and Proper Person (F&PP) test under the Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020.

    1. Number of Licensed Sites

    The total number of protected residential park home sites licensed under the Mobile Homes Act 1983 in your local authority area as of the date of this request.

    PLEASE NOTE IF THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS NIL – PLEASE IGNORE QUESTIONS 2 – 10

    2. Enforcement Action on Licensing Breaches

    Since 1 July 2021, how many formal enforcement notices, improvement notices, or prosecution proceedings have been issued for breaches of park home site licence conditions?

    3. Fit and Proper Person Applications Received

    How many F&PP applications have been received since the 2020 Regulations came into force and became law in 2021?

    4. Applications Granted / Refused

    Of the above, how many applications have been:

    • Approved (including any with conditions)

    • Refused

    5. Applications Granted with Conditions

    If any F&PP applications were granted subject to conditions, please detail what conditions were imposed?

    6. Monitoring and Enforcement of F&PP Conditions

    What processes are in place for monitoring compliance with any conditions imposed under the F&PP regulations, and how many enforcement actions have been taken for breach of such conditions?

    7. Revocations

    How many F&PP approvals have been revoked or withdrawn since the regulations came into force?

    8. Unlicensed or Unapproved Managers

    Have you identified any Licenced sites being managed by individuals not on the F&PP register, and if so:

    • How many cases?

    • What enforcement action if any has been taken?

    9. Government Guidance and Non-Statutory Recommendations

    When implementing the F&PP test, does the council:

    • Follow the government’s published guidance in full?

    • Take into account any non-statutory recommendations or best practice guidance such as consultation with residents?

    (Please provide details.)

    10. Process for Review and Re-Application

    Published: 3 November 2025

  6. Council award ceremonies

    This is an information request relating to award ceremonies either attended or hosted by the council

    Please include the following information:

    For the 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 financial years did the council attend any award ceremonies, either national or local, but not including those hosted by the council?

    • For each award ceremony attended please provide the following information

    • The name of the award ceremony

    • The date(s) of the award ceremony

    • How many council officers or councillors attended the ceremony

    • The cost to the council of attending the ceremony, including travel, accommodation, cost of the ceremony itself, expenses and sponsorship

    • Information packs from the ceremony - notably including menus

    • Any photos from the ceremony

    • 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 financial years did the council host any award ceremonies?

    • For each ceremony hosted please provide the following information:

    • The cost the council, after sponsorships, tickets and any other revenue raised is accounted for

    • The name of the ceremony

    • The date of the ceremony

    • Information packs from the ceremony - notably including menus

    • Any photos from the ceremony

    Published: 3 November 2025

  7. Acre Lane, Aston on Trent

    As part of hydrogeological assessment work at a Site near the village of Aston-on-Trent, can you please provide details of the private groundwater and surface water abstractions within 4km of the Site, including reference, source, use, and location. I have contacted the Environment Agency for information relating to licenced (>20m3/d) water abstractions. Please note that the search area of 4km around the Site falls within South Derbyshire District Council among other councils which I have also contacted.

    Site address:

    Acre Lane

    Aston on Trent

    Shardlow

    Derbyshire

    DE72 2SP

    NGR: SK 41975 28318

    Site location plan attached

    Published: 30 October 2025

  8. Homeless households in out-of-borough temporary accommodation.

    I am requesting some information under the Freedom of Information Act, pertaining to homeless households in out-of-borough temporary accommodation.

    At the bottom of this email I have included an example table for how to provide the data, though another format is acceptable if needed. If you cannot provide all the data, please provide the parts you can, and clearly mark the parts you cannot provide. If you have advice on how I could refine my request, that would be appreciated.

    Please provide this data for three (3) periods of time: Jan 2023-Dec 2023; Jan 2024-Dec 2024; and Jan 2025-June 2025.

    1. The number of homeless households placed by your council in out-of-borough temporary accommodation during the time period, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district placed in

    2. The number of households that your council received Section 208 notices from other councils during that time period, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district received from.

    Here is an example table, for how I would prefer the data to be provided, but other formats are acceptable.

    Jan 2025-June 2025

    Jan 2025-June 2025

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Households placed out of borough

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total new out of borough placements made during time period

    Total out of borough placements in [X council]

    Total out of borough placements in [X council]

    Jan 2025-June 2025

    Jan 2025-June 2025

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Section 208 notices received

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total households

    Households with children (under 18)

    Total Section 208 notices received during time period

    Section 208 notices received from [X council]

    Section 208 notices received from [X council]

    Published: 30 October 2025

  9. Paternity Leave Payment

    1. Does your Council's policy on paternity leave provide in excess of the statutory provision of 2 weeks leave?

     

    2. Does your Council's policy on paternity leave exceed the Statutory Paternity Pay amounts for some/all of the paternity leave?

     

    3. If you have answered yes to any of the above, detail how your Council's policy differs from the statutory provision in either:

    a)    Pay (e.g., your Council may offer a higher rate of payment for some/all of the paternity leave subject to certain conditions)

    b)    Duration of paid paternity leave provided

    4. Please provide your authority's paternity leave policy. 

    Published: 30 October 2025

  10. S106 public open spaces

    In accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write with the below requests for information. All years specified refer to financial years.

    1. What is the total bond value for S106 agreements for public open spaces for a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    2. What is the total number of bonds for S106 agreements for public open spaces completed in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    3. What items of public open space currently attract commuted sums, and what are the individual costs?

    4. What is your inspection fee or percentage applicable relevant to the bond provision for S106 agreements?

    5. What was the average time taken from submission to the completion of a S106 agreement for public open space in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    6. What was the average total time taken from submission to formal adoption of a S106 agreement for public open space in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25?

    Published: 29 October 2025