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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321 disclosures

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Spend on external consultants

    I hope you are well. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from your organisation: For each of the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), how much money was spent by the local authority on external consultants? Please could you break the data down into a total amount and separated by year.

    Published: 4 July 2025

  4. How many council properties are vacant in the city

    How many 3 & 4 bedroomed properties are vacant in Oxford city

    Published: 30 June 2025

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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