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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516 disclosures

  1. Local Government reorganisation

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: If your council was involved in the Local Government Reorganisation, how much money did it spend on the LGR up until the government announced it would be reviewing it on 7 September 2026.

    Published: 13 October 2026

  2. Local Government Reorganisation

    We would like to establish the costs incurred by councils to date, within the context of the current review taking place. Please could you provide the following:

    1. The financial cost incurred by the council on preparing for local government reorganisation broken down by

    a. cost overall

    b. expenditure to date

    c. funding committed

    d. funding allocated

    1. The total cost of the LGR programme management offices (including funding committed to implementation staff salaries, and backfilling business as usual roles by people redeployed to LGR roles) to date

    2. The total cost of legal advice and legal fees related to the LGR programme

    3. The total cost of consultancy contracts, to advise the council on local government reorganisation

    4. The total amount of funding allocated to your council by the government for the LGR programme

    5. The amount of government funding received by the council to date for the LGR programme

    Published: 13 October 2026

  3. To whom it may concern

    Leader of council The Mayor Member for the environment. Member for Climate Change Member for communities Director of waste Services Head of Food waste Head of Street Team Head of Waste Head of Parks Head of Highways Head of communities/Neighbourhoods Head of environment/Climate Change Director of Place

    Published: 13 October 2026

  4. Freedom of Information request: ICT, network and telephony contracts

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information held by Oxford City Council. A list of current contracts for ICT services, network and connectivity, telephony and unified communications, data centre or hosting, enterprise software (finance, HR, housing, social care or similar) and programme or project management services. For each contract please give the supplier name, a short description, the start date, the end date, any extension options, the annual or total value and the job title of the contract owner. If this information is published in the organisation's contracts register under the Local Government Transparency Code, a link to the current register is a complete answer. If the request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please limit it to contracts with an annual value over GBP 50,000 or tell me how to narrow it. I would prefer to receive the response by email as a spreadsheet.

    Published: 13 October 2026

  5. Social Housing and Homelessness Data

    The total number of social housing properties to which the Council has nomination rights, or that are managed by the Council, as of 26 July 2026.

    Please provide a breakdown of this figure by the number of bedrooms (e.g., studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, etc.).

    Over the last 12 months (from 26 July 2025 to 26 July 2026), what was the average waiting time for homeless applicants with a priority need to be offered permanent two-bedroom social housing within the Council's area?

    Published: 13 October 2026

  6. Freedom of Information request: land and building asset register

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide a copy of the council's current land and building asset register: the complete list of land and property assets held by the council, as recorded in your estates or asset management system at the date of this request. For each asset, please include the following fields where held: * Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) * Asset or building name * Street name and number, post town and postcode * Tenure (freehold or leasehold) and the occupation characteristic that applies (for example occupied by the authority, leased out, ground leasehold, licence, or vacant) * Whether the asset is land only or land with a permanent building I note these are the fields the council is required to publish annually under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, as mandated by the Local Government (Transparency Requirements) (England) Regulations 2015, so I anticipate this information is readily available. As this information constitutes a dataset, please provide it in a re-usable electronic format (CSV or Excel) in accordance with section 11(1A) of the Act, rather than as a PDF. If any part of this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please provide the remainder and advise, in line with your duty under section 16, how the request could be refined. Please treat this as a request made on behalf of Unifi ID Ltd.

    Published: 9 October 2026

  7. FOI Request – Name of Transformation / Change Team

    I am submitting a Freedom of Information request to understand how your council refers to the team responsible for transformational activity, organisational change, service redesign, or improvement programmes. Please complete the below: - Does your council have a team titled “Transformation”? If not, what is the team called/reffered to as? If you do not have a centralised team, or any releavnt, please specify in your response.

    Published: 7 October 2026

  8. Freedom of Information request - Additional Planning / Licensing Fees

    This request relates to planning and licensing fees charged, over and above any national planning fees etc. 1) Please could you let me know if you charge additional fees for planning applications, these might include changes to submissions, direct submissions, invalid applications and may vary depending upon size of application etc. This list is not exhaustive. Please either present me with a direct link to the page on your website if this complete with none missing or ideally detail the various extra charges, if applicable, in the reply here. 2) Please let me know if you have additional or selective licensing of single lets or HMOs within your area, and what these are. Please let me know fees for these additional or selective licences and whether these fees vary on size of property. Again if a complete fee structure is available on your website, with none missing please provide me with a direct link as opposed to a link to your home page. 3) In both planning fees and licensing fees above, please confirm if a) you have confirmed planned introduction of increased or additional fees in either planning or licensing; or if either fees have recently increased the date of these increases. Recently being in 2026. and/or b) whether you have proposals to add additional fees to either, but not yet approved or they under consultation. Thanking you in advance for your kind assistance,

    Published: 6 October 2026

  9. Freedom of Information request - Direct Planning Applications to the Planning Department

    In light of the increased fees by the Planning Portal, which we understand to be a private company now, we are not aware of any legislation that prevents us submitting applications directly via consultants or as individuals. I am trying to understand the methods allowed by your planning department according to any internal rules or guidance that you might hold. I am not looking for any planning advice in this request, merely your policies as determined by your planning department. In light of this, please can you advise me as to whether we can submit a planning applications or prior approval requests directly to the local authority in accordance with the relevant legislation as laid down by the government. Please advise as to whether any forms are acceptable, provided they contain the same information as contained in forms supplied by the Planning Portal or via forms that contain your local authority branding as hosted by the Planning Portal. Please advise as to which email address the forms should be submitted. Please also advise as to how payment should be made to the local authority for the correct fee. Finally please advise on any additional fee to submit directly and the reasons for this fee.

    Published: 6 October 2026

  10. Environmental Information Regulations charging enquiry

    I am writing to ask a short question regarding your authority's approach to charging for Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests. Please could you confirm which of the following applies: 1. Your authority does not charge for EIR requests. 2. Your authority charges an hourly rate. If so, please state the current financial year's hourly rate. 3. Your authority charges a fixed price. If so, please state the current financial year's fixed price. I would be grateful for a response at your convenience. Thank you for your time.

    Published: 6 October 2026