Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Oxford City Council

This is a disclosure log of Oxford City 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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317 disclosures

  1. Planning application fees

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide answers to as many of the following questions as possible: * Please provide a breakdown of how the additional income generated from the increase in planning application fees introduced on 6 December 2023 has been allocated or spent. Where possible, please specify the services or functions supported and the amount allocated to each. * Has the additional income generated from the planning application fee increase introduced on 6 December 2023 been used exclusively to support the delivery of the Local Authority's planning function? * What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in an agreed extension of time? * What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in fee refunds under the Planning Guarantee?

    Published: 25 June 2025

  2. Council Tax discount

    Dear FOI Officer, I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding Council Tax discounts in your local authority. 1. What percentage of households currently receive any form of Council Tax discount in the 2025/26 financial year? Please include all discount types (e.g. single person discount, low income-based reductions, disability-related discounts, student exemptions, etc.). 1. What percentage of households received Council Tax discounts in the 2024/25 financial year? 1. Have any Council Tax discounts or exemptions been reduced, removed, or otherwise changed in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25? If so: * Please specify the types of changes made (e.g. eligibility rules, discount rates, categories affected). * The effective date(s) of these changes. 1. Of the households that received any Council Tax discount in 2024/25, how many (and what percentage) are receiving a reduced discount or no discount in 2025/26? If possible, please provide this by discount type (e.g. single person, low income, disability-related, etc.). 1. If available, please provide any impact assessments, internal reports, consultation documents, or equality impact assessments related to these changes.

    Published: 24 June 2025

  3. FOI – Use of bailiffs to collect council tax debt in 2024/25 and 2023/24

    Dear Sir/Madam, FOI Request – Oxford use of bailiffs/enforcement agents to collect council tax debt in 2024/25 and 2023/24 Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we would like to request the following information. 1. Tax year 24/25: The number of times between 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority. 1. Tax year 23/24: The number of times between 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority. Please provide a separate figure for each tax year, rather than a combined figure. By “private bailiffs/enforcement agents” we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers. Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control. 1. Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action? (Yes/No)

    Published: 23 June 2025

  4. Social Media Management and Social Listening Tool

    The information that we require is as follows:- 1) Do you use a social media management platform? 2) If so, what tools do you use? 3) What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool? 4) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])? 5)Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform? 6) If so, what tools do you use? 7) What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool? 8) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])?

    Published: 23 June 2025

  5. Lamppost banners

    Please could you provide answers to the following questions under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Do you currently permit lamppost banners in order to communicate Council messages? If so, which organisation provides these for you? Are you in and exclusive deal with them? What length of contract and expiry date? Did you go to tender? What do you currently pay, per banner for the print and installation? 2. Are you, or would you be interested in generating extra revenue from the Lampposts? If so, who would deal with the same? If you already have an agreement in place: Who is it with? What length of contract and expiry date? Did you go to tender? What is the revenue share %, and how much did the council earn in the last 2yrs? 3. When the agreement expires are you planning to go out to tender for these services and, if not, why not? 4. Who is the main contact and their contact details for Lamppost Banners in General? 5. Who is the main contact and their contact details within the Street Lighting Team and Highways responsible for the Lamppost?

    Published: 23 June 2025

  6. Social housing stock

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please tell me the following information from Oxford City Council: * How many units of social housing stock do you currently have? * How many units of social housing stock did you own in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? * How many of these social housing units are currently in rental arrears? * How many of these social housing units were in rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? * What is the total value of these rental arrears? * What was the total value of these rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

    Published: 23 June 2025

  7. FOI Request - Business Rates Data

    Dear Freedom of Information Officer, Please consider this request regarding Business Rates Accounts in line with the ‘Freedom of Information Act 2000’. Please could you provide the information below for every open/live account within your charging authority, preferably on an emailed Excel spreadsheet, along with the date the data was extracted from your system. • Details of any relief applied to the account including type, amount and date the relief was applied • Details of any applied exemptions where applicable • Current account holder/ratepayer • Property reference number • Account start date • Address and postal code • Correspondence or billing address • Current Rateable value (RV) • An indicator as to whether the property is occupied or empty If any of this information is unavailable or cannot be extracted within a reasonable amount of time, please provide as much of the above as you are able to. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries.

    Published: 18 June 2025

  8. FoI on Housing Waiting Lists

    Please supply the below in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act: - The number of households on the local authority's housing waiting list as of May 2025 - The number of households on the local authority's housing waiting list as of May 2024 Please note that I have asked for households on the waiting list. If your response is the number of people, then please specify.

    Published: 16 June 2025

  9. Energy efficiency improvements in residential properties

    Hello, I hope you are well? Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), I would like to request information about energy efficiency improvements in residential properties within the jurisdiction of your local authority. Specifically, I would like to request the following: The total number of residential properties in the local authority that have benefitted from council-sponsored or council-organised energy efficiency improvements. The total cost of these energy efficiency improvements to the local authority. The total cost of these energy efficiency improvements to the households that received them. Please can you provide this information broken down by year, if possible, and specify the types of energy efficiency improvements included in this data.

    Published: 12 June 2025

  10. MARCH BUSINESS RATES CREDITS

    Please can you email me a list of March or Q3 (most current) business rates credits you currently hold for businesses including: " The company name for whom the credit exists " The start date of the business rates account " If the account is still live or the date it ended " The full property address of the property with the credit on " The date / year of when the credit was created " The full amount of credit you hold for the business " The reason for the credit e.g., retail relief, overpayment If you publish credits online, but the information has not been updated on time, please advise when this information will be updated. Thanks in advance!

    Published: 12 June 2025