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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329 disclosures

  1. Private Public charge point statistics by council in England

    I write to ask the following questions: 1. How many public electric vehicle charge points does this council currently own or operate? This includes those managed through Charge Point Operators (CPOs). This can also include privately-owned electric vehicle charge points that are open to the public during certain hours or days, thereby necessitating compliance with Public Charge Point Regulations. 2. Are all the public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1 compliant with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? If not all, then how many are compliant? 3. What steps have been taken in the past year (August 2024 – present) by the council to ensure compliance with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? 4. Has this council experienced any challenges in the past year (August 2024 – present) when working to comply with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? From 24 November 2025, all public charge points must offer payment roaming according to the Public Charge Point Regulations. This means that all public charge points must be connected to at least one third-party roaming provider. Public charge points that are free to use are not within the scope of this requirement. 5. Of your current number of public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1, how many currently offer payment roaming services? 6. If not all of them, are plans in place (by yourself or your CPO) to connect them to a roaming provider by November 2025? 7. Of your current number of public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1, how many of them are free to use? ‘Free to use’ means anyone can access them without restriction, and no payment is required. For reference, the current Public Charge Points Regulations (2023) are available here, including information on the November 2025 payment roaming deadline - https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-public-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance%2Fpublic-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance&data=05%7C02%7Cfoi%40oxfordcitycouncil.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C701325d9ddc445379a9b08dde16ac3ed%7C9f3d0f395e2b4f889d43e9344f9aa02d%7C0%7C0%7C638914570871843159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f5Oy4hTxWpoM%2F1S6PDp1qtvfEnJx%2Bu8bztF%2BBiV4UeQ%3D&reserved=0

    Published: 15 September 2025

  2. International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)

    I hope you are well. I would like to request the following information from under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1.) Has the council formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including all 11 of the definition's examples? 2.) If the answer to question one is yes, in what year was the IHRA definition adopted? If the answer to question one is no, is the council considering adopting the definition, and what reason has been given for it not being adopted already?

    Published: 11 September 2025

  3. Housing Register and Emergency/Temporary Accommodation

    Can you please provide information for the 2 questions: * Number of applicants currently on the housing register for your council? For: 2023, 2024, 2025 * Expenditure / Budget for emergency/ temporary accommodation for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

    Published: 11 September 2025

  4. Housing allocation Banding

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following data for your council: 1. How many people are currently in each of your council’s priority Bands for council and housing association allocation (eg. Number of people in Band A, B, C, D, etc)? 2. For each of your council’s priority bands, how many people were allocated housing in the following financial years (1 April-31 March*): 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25? 3. How many people were in each of your council’s priority Bands at the end of the financial year in: 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-25? 4. Do you have a quota/policy for housing allocations from each priority Band and, if so, please could you provide it? *if your financial year differs please specify the dates. To provide this data, please could you complete the table below (also attached)? Urgent/ highest priority housing need (eg Band A or 1) High priority housing need (eg Band B or 2) Medium priority/ identified housing need (eg Band C or 3) Low priority/ no housing need (eg Band D or 4) Extra column if needed Name of Band (eg 1, 2, A, B)

    Published: 11 September 2025

  5. Temporary Accommodation

    Please provide this data as the number of placement, at two separate points in time: 31 March 2025, and 30 June 2025. 1. The number of homeless households placed by your council in out-of-borough temporary accommodation, 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 for from other councils, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district received from. See attached email for how to provide data if possible although other formats are fine.

    Published: 10 September 2025

  6. Air Quality - FPN- Car Idling

    Number of fixed penalty notices (FPN) for stationary idling under The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002 for the following years: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

    Published: 5 September 2025

  7. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Data

    I am requesting information regarding the implementation and impact of the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirement on planning applications submitted to your council. Please provide the following data for the period from 12 February 2024 to the date of your response. Planning Application Decisions: * The total number of planning applications refused where failure to meet the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement was a primary or contributing reason for refusal. * The total number of planning applications that have been delayed or had a decision withheld pending the submission or approval of a satisfactory BNG plan. Length of Delays: * For the applications delayed due to BNG requirements (as identified in question 1), what has been the average length of the delay, measured in weeks, from the initial target decision date? BNG Enforcement: * The total number of enforcement actions or formal investigations the council has initiated related to non-compliance with BNG obligations on approved developments. * The total number of financial penalties or fines that have been issued by the council for breaches of BNG requirements and the total monetary value (£) of these penalties. Reasons for Planning Delays (Context): * A list of the five most common reasons cited for delays in determining planning applications within your council since 12 February 2024. If possible, please indicate the percentage of total delays each reason accounts for, to help contextualise the impact of BNG relative to other factors. If my request is too broad, please let me know which parts can be fulfilled within the appropriate cost limits. I would be happy to refine the scope of this request. Please provide the information in a digital format, such as a CSV or Excel file, sent to this email address.

    Published: 14 July 2025

  8. Electricity ,Gas Consumption and Values

    We formally request under the FOI 2000 regulations Act and EIR 2004 regulations Act data you hold, and which is already or will be in the public domain For the year to 31-Mar-25 for all sites within your control, we please require the below to be disclosed: 1. Organisation Name: 2. Your grid Electricity kwh's consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 3. The natural Gas kwh's consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 4. Please do also indicate if the electricity is classed as or % from renewable sources or traditional Brown? Notes: Given the cost increases to the residents of each local authority, there is a huge public interest in accountability of ALL public sector energy usage & energy costs across all Local authorities, all Government departments and all publicly funded or linked organisations which fall within freedom of disclosure requests. For the avoidance of doubt, disclosure of energy kwh usages falls firmly within the EIR 2004 regulations, and the cost disclosure fall within your normal cost spend disclosure as stated on your public facing website disclosures and so there is nothing which could be considered as a valid ROI exemption nor could claim to be commercially sensitive etc. Considering the unfettered full disclosure of all Government departments and over 400 local authorities etc within our last £4.3 billion cost report, then as FOI obligates local authorities etc to adhere to full disclosure, any refusal will be passed onto their local media.

    Published: 14 July 2025

  9. Section 106 Affordable Housing Delivery

    I hope this email finds you well. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information relating to Section 106 affordable housing delivery and the involvement of Registered Providers (RPs): 1. How many completed Section 106 affordable housing units (i.e. physically built and ready for occupation) currently remain unsold due to the absence of a contract with a Registered Provider? 2. How many Section 106 affordable housing units that are either under construction or due to commence construction within the next 12 months are not currently under contract with a Registered Provider? 3. In total, how many residential development sites that include Section 106 affordable housing have been delayed or stalled in the past three years due to the inability to secure an RP to acquire the affordable units? 4. Where no RP has agreed to acquire Section 106 affordable housing units, what alternative solutions has the council implemented? (e.g. payments in lieu, variations to S106 agreements, direct purchase by the council or other delivery mechanisms). 5. Does the council currently accept the inclusion of cascade mechanisms in newly negotiated Section 106 agreements to address situations where no RP can be secured?

    Published: 8 July 2025

  10. Housing Waiting List

    Dear Oxford City Council, Can you please provide a breakdown of the number of families or individuals currently on the Council's housing list broken down by the number of bedrooms and how long they have been on the waiting list: 1 Bedroom (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 2 Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 3 Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 4 Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 5 Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 6 Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property) 7+ Bedrooms (how many people are registered on the housing waiting list for this class of property)

    Published: 4 July 2025