Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log
This page details our responses to requests made to us under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 that might be in the wider public interest, beginning from April 2024
Responses and requests have been edited to remove personal information. Where that is not possible, we will not publish the response.
We try to include all of the supporting documents that we supplied in response to each request. In some cases these documents might be too large or held in a format that makes them unsuitable for publication on the website - in which case this will be noted in the response. Contact us if you want to see such supporting information.
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Business and licensing
In this section you will find responses relating to - All forms of council licensing (taxi, animals, premises, etc.), economy and tourism spending, economic development and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data can be found on the 'Climate Emergency' page of the website here
Further general information on the economy of the Winchester district can be found on the 'Economic Intelligence' page here
November 2024
Licensing - Motor Vehicles registered for public hire (pdf, 191kb)
Economy & Tourism - UK Shared Prosperity Funding: People and Skills (pdf, 779kb)
October 2024
Taxi licensing in the district (pdf, 487kb)
Taxi Licensing Application Processing Times and Complaints (pdf, 502kb)
Private Hire Operators licensed by the authority (pdf, 590kb)
Taxi Licensing and English Language Proficiency (pdf, 488kb)
Animal licensing establishments (pdf, 533kb); Appendix - Animal licensing operators (xlsx, 23kb)
September 2024
Licensing - Taxi, Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicle details (pdf, 478kb); FOI 14626 – Make and Model Appendix (xlsx, 14kb)
August 2024
Licensed Dog Breeders (pdf, 536kb)
July 2024
June 2024
Vehicle Identification Number (pdf, 1.5mb)
Cat Cafes (pdf, 543kb)
Licensed Dog Breeders (pdf, 638kb)
Dog Breeding Licences (pdf, 596kb)
May 2024
Dog breeding businesses (pdf, 557kb)
Stray Dog Project (pdf, 573kb)
Private Hire Vehicle Licences (pdf, 569kb)
Public Health Funerals (pdf, 553kb)
Vehicles Registered for Public Hire (pdf, 757kb)
April 2024
Licensing - Dog Breeding Licence (pdf, 498kb)
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Climate and sustainability
In this section you will find responses relating to - carbon neutrality, carbon data, energy usage, renewables, and related
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data can be found on the 'Climate Emergency' page of the website here
September 2024
Lobbying for climate change (pdf, 517kb)
Renewable Electricity Sources (pdf, 511kb)
Union Representation - staff engagement on Climate Action Plan (pdf, 450kb)
Carbon Literacy Training (pdf, 513kb)
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Community and neighbourhood
In this section you will find responses relating to - local community, neighbourhood, services, community safety, recreational items, grants and community funding and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data can be found for 'grants to voluntary, community and social enterprises on the 'Open Data' page here
Further general information on the community, including grants, play areas, facilities and support for Ukraine can also be found on the 'Community and Recreation page here
October 2024
Anti Social Behaviour Injunctions (pdf, 488kb); Anti Social Behaviour Injunctions Appendix (pdf, 144kb)
August 2024
Studentification of Stanmore (pdf, 517kb)
Communities and ACV nominations (pdf, 486kb)
July 2024
Pride Events (pdf, 478kb)
June 2024
Covid Grants (pdf, 474kb)
May 2024
April 2024
Covid Marshalls/Enforement (pdf, 459kb)
PFR and BRG Grants (pdf, 438kb)
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Council and democracy
In this section you will find responses relating to - Council meetings and committees, councillors, electoral and voting, members, democratic information and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for council meetings, committees, councillors expenses, register of interests and more can be found on the 'Councillors and Committees' page here
October 2024
Protest Injunctions (pdf, 568kb)
City Councillor and Committee Members conflicts of interest / gifts and hospitality received (pdf, 625kb)
August 2024
Council protests (pdf, 493kb)
July 2024
Votes by Ward Level (pdf, 475kb)
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
Polling districts (pdf, 888kb)
Councillor Training (pdf, 565kb)
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Council spending and financial
In this section you will find responses relating to - Budgets, financial information and reporting, spending, accounts, contracts and procurement, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data can be found for council expenditure and financial information on the 'Open Data' page here.
November 2024
Agency Staff - Spend and Recruitment (pdf, 617kb)
Council Leader expenses (pdf, 515kb)
October 2024
Direct Payments and Pre-payment Cards (pdf, 489kb)
Councillors Overseas travel (pdf, 642kb)
September 2024
Companies House details (pdf, 472kb)
Christmas lights spending (pdf, 492kb)
August 2024
Banking and insurance (pdf, 568kb)
July 2024
Council Tax, Debt and Pensions (pdf, 557kb)
June 2024
Council Tax Accounts Held By Companies (pdf, 846kb)
May 2024
Operational Challenges (pdf, 564kb)
April 2024
Procurement spending (pdf, 468kb)
Hybrid print and mail service (pdf, 369kb)
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Council tax, rates and benefits
In this section you will find responses relating to - All council tax related resposnses, non-domestic / business / property rates, benefits / housing benefits and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for council tax charges can be found on the 'Council Tax' page here
Additional datasets for business rates can be found on the 'Non-domestic rates datasets' page here
November 2024
Revenues - Business Rates Leisure Centres (pdf, 570kb)
October 2024
Business Rates (pdf, 484kb)
Coucil Tax Reduction Exceptional Hardship Schemes (pdf, 555kb)
Council Tax arrears (pdf, 645kb)
September 2024
NNDR section 44a Certificate Information (pdf, 584kb)
NNDR Rateable Value Regulation 19 Certificate (pdf, 437kb)
Council Tax Payment Methods (pdf, 478kb)
August 2024
Household Support Fund (pdf, 548kb)
July 2024
Council Tax arrears (pdf, 784kb)
June 2024
Fraudulent claims for business rates (pdf, 493kb)
May 2024
Business rates collected and charged for last 3 financial years (pdf, 506kb)
April 2024
Empty, abandoned and derelict buildings (pdf, 887kb)
Business rate percentage increase (pdf, 470kb)
List of hereditaments (pdf, 486kb)
NDR Credits (pdf, 481kb)
Business Rates (pdf, 473kb)
Hereditaments (pdf, 485kb)
Council/NDBR Tax credits (pdf, 482kb)
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) (pdf, 545kb)
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Estates, assets and facilities
In this section you will find responses relating to - land and building assets, council offices and properties, facilities, purchases and land disposals, commercial enterprises, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for land and building assets, social housing assets and parking spaces can be found on the 'Open Data' page here
Further general information on play areas and facilities can also be found on the 'Community and Recreation page here
September 2024
Corporate Property - River Park Leisure Centre (pdf, 479kb)
Access control maintenance contract information (pdf, 637kb)
August 2024
Energy management software (pdf, 486kb)
Councils own EV fleet charging facilities (pdf, 493kb)
Facilities - service contracts (pdf, 568kb)
July 2024
River Park Leisure Centre - Main response (pdf, 581kb); Appendix - Part a (pdf, 12.7mb); Appendix - Part b (pdf, 590kb); Appendix Part d (pdf, 77kb)
Locksmiths (pdf, 550kb)
June 2024
Estates - Energy management system (pdf, 611kb)
May 2024
WCC owned land (pdf, 550kb)
April 2024
Drone Byelaws (pdf, 522kb)
Non-residential property costs (pdf, 760kb)
Security services (pdf, 466kb)
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Housing
In this section you will find responses relating to - Council housing, housing tenancy, homelessness, support, waiting lists, repairs, private sector housing, HMO, temporary accommodation and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for social housing assets can be found on the 'Open Data' page here
November 2024
Homeless Applicants (pdf, 511kb)
Housing - Council Disrepair and Tenant Services (pdf, 568kb)
Housing Services - Property Maintenance (pdf, 504kb)
October 2024
Sheltered Accommodation (pdf, 504kb)
Hotel Accommodation for Homelessness and Refugee Related purposes (pdf, 664kb)
Landlord Complaints and Prosecutions (pdf, 575kb)
Housing Register (pdf, 499kb)
Homelessness (pdf, 547kb)
Repairs & Maintenance and Gas Servicing & Repair Contract (pdf, 595kb)
Temporary Accommodation (pdf, 486kb)
Home Adaptations and Disabled Facilities Grant (pdf, 693kb)
Housing - Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) (pdf, 579kb)
Council Homes EPC ratings and MEES (pdf, 449kb); EPC Council Homes Table Appendix (csv, 43kb)
September 2024
Private Sector Housing stock, penalties, applications and prosecutions (pdf, 553kb)
Housing Stock (pdf, 483kb)
Housing EPC Ratings (pdf, 604kb); Appendix (xlsx, 70kb)
Housing register and stock data (pdf, 542kb)
Social Housing Tenants and Evictions (pdf, 447kb); FOI 14647 Appendix - Social Housing Tenants and Evictions (xlsx, 604kb)
August 2024
Social Housing accessible and adaptable dwellings (pdf, 485kb)
Rising Damp (pdf, 480kb)
Housing - Extensions of local authority homes (pdf, 493kb)
Housing - Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) (pdf, 477kb)
Right to Buy sales (pdf, 482kb)
New Homes - affordable housing (pdf, 479kb)
Structural issues (pdf, 492kb)
Housing - vacant council properties and waiting list (pdf, 581kb)
Housing tenancy frauds (pdf, 489kb)
Housing - revenue received from rental properties (pdf, 477kb)
Homelessness judicial reviews (pdf, 441kb)
July 2024
Housing - Temporary accommodation (pdf, 477kb)
Homelessness placements with private landlords (pdf, 491kb)
One bed flats - housing register (pdf, 473kb)
Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (pdf, 550kb)
Domestic Abuse Services (pdf, 552kb)
Council Housing Adaptations (pdf, 1mb)
June 2024
New Homes (pdf, 489kb)
Council spend on temporary accommodation (pdf, 485kb)
Children in temporary accommodation (pdf, 487kb)
Residential Tower Blocks (pdf, 542kb)
Damp or mold (pdf, 547kb)
Communications staff who work on housing (pdf, 488kb)
Housing Stock (pdf, 471kb)
Social Housing Stock (pdf, 490kb)
May 2024
Affordable Housing Contributions (pdf, 494kb)
Section 202 (pdf, 483kb)
Heat Networks (pdf, 480kb)
April 2024
Selective Licensing schemes for landlords (pdf, 459kb)
Housing Services - Children in private rented sector (pdf, 703kb)
Housing services - refugee housing (pdf, 439kb)
Complaints about private rental properties (pdf, 488kb)
Temporary Accommodation - Shipping Containers/ Caravan Parks (pdf, 557kb)
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Leisure, sport and culture
In this section you will find responses relating to - Leisure facilities, sports facilities and activities, cultural events, funding or spaces, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Further general information on sport (including active lifestyles data) on the 'Sport' pages here; or arts and cultural information on the 'Arts' pages here
October 2024
Econony and Tourism - Public events and festivals (pdf, 492kb)
April 2024
Public leisure centres and swimming pools (pdf, 662kb)
Sport and Leisure (pdf, 572kb)
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Natural environment and environmental health
In this section you will find responses relating to - All natural environment or outdoor spaces, nature / biodiversity, pollution (noise / air), animals (inlcuding strays), pest control, fly-tipping, burials, food hygiene and safety, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Further general information information on play area sites and refurbishments can be found on the 'Play Areas' page here
General information on air quality reports and food safety/hygiene ratings) can be found on the 'Environmental Health' page here ; details on public health funerals and burials can be found on the 'Deaths, Funerals and Burials' page here; food hygiene ratings are published on the Food Standards agency website here
November 2024
Tree planting, removal and TPO data (pdf, 512kb)
October 2024
Light polution nuisance complaints (pdf, 508kb)
Bio-diversity Duty (pdf, 506kb)
Public Health - Funeral arrangements (pdf, 567kb)
Food Inspection report Heath Farm - cover letter (redacted) (pdf, 106kb); Action Plan (redacted) (pdf, 165kb)
Ready to Burn Scheme (pdf, 227kb)
Food inspection report Otter Inn - coveering letter (redacted) (pdf, 196kb); Action Plan (redacted) (pdf, 505kb)
Sustainability and Natural Environment - Biodiversity net gain (pdf, 558kb)
September 2024
Tree Preservation Orders (pdf, 499kb)
Noise Complaints by type July 2021 to July 2024 (xlsx, 35kb)
Public Health and poor law burials - historic Winchester Diocesan Maternity Home (pdf, 573kb)
Food hygiene inspection report - Domino's Pizza August 2024 (pdf, 1.3mb)
Food Safety Expenditure (pdf, 490kb)
Abandoned Horses (pdf, 495kb)
Dog fouling (pdf, 489kb)
August 2024
Food Hygiene rating - Bakers Arms Droxford (pdf, 495kb); Report Appendix (pdf, 4.4mb)
Stray Dogs and Warden Services (pdf, 738kb)
Biodiversity (pdf, 490kb)
July 2024
Electric Vehicle Charging (pdf, 577kb)
Quit Smoking (pdf, 481kb)
June 2024
Tree Removal (pdf, 568kb)
May 2024
Environmental Health noise complaints (pdf, 487kb)
RIDDOR (pdf, 579kb)
Commercial Dog Daycare Businesses (pdf, 541kb)
Exotic animal licences (pdf, 481kb)
April 2024
Funerals arranged by the council (pdf, 446kb)
Grounds care/Open Spaces (pdf, 492kb)
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Organisation, HR and general council
In this section you will find responses relating to - All information related to general council practices, organisation structure, HR, senior salaries, strategic data, policy, training, equalities and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for general council information - including organisation and senior salary data, gender pay gap and strategic key performance indicators can be found on the 'Open Data' page here
November 2024
Polish/Polish Descent Candidates and Councillors (pdf, 501kb)
Portuguese Population and Representation (pdf, 564kb)
Roles with Wellbeing in the job title (pdf, 499kb)
Risk and Insurance - Personal Injury Claims (pdf, 502kb)
HR - Total FTE Staff (pdf, 594kb)
HR - Trade Unions (pdf, 582kb)
October 2024
Debt Enforcement Agencies (pdf, 522kb)
HR - Employee Survey software (pdf, 509kb)
Vehicle MOT Failures (pdf, 637kb)
Staff Expenses and Invoices (pdf, 557kb)
HR - Working from home (pdf, 578kb)
Safeguarding Audit (pdf, 477kb)
September 2024
Council officers working outside the UK (pdf, 502kb)
Safeguarding - care homes (pdf, 477kb)
Staff working from abroad (pdf, 486kb)
Conference attendance (pdf, 585kb)
Human Resources - Council staff working on Climate action (pdf, 621kb)
Legal services staff and research platform (pdf, 481kb)
Interpretation Services (pdf, 572kb)
HR Case Management Software (pdf, 521kb)
August 2024
Organisation structure charts and training (pdf, 493kb)
July 2024
Fleet Council Owned Vehicles (pdf, 483kb)
Ask for Angela (pdf, 544kb)
National Fraud Initiative (pdf, 481kb)
June 2024
Language services contracts (pdf, 570kb)
Pest issues in council buildings (pdf, 476kb)
Recruitment of Information Governance Officers (pdf, 473kb)
May 2024
Unconscious Bias Training (pdf, 471kb)
FOI Staff Members (pdf, 480kb)
HIV Related Discrimination (pdf, 562kb)
April 2024
Data Breach Incidents (pdf, 486kb)
Working from home/Equipment (pdf, 483kb)
National Fraud Initiative (pdf, 482kb)
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Parking, travel and streets
In this section you will find responses relating to - All parking related information, park & ride, CCTV, transport, street naming, road closures (Please note that Hampshire County Council are responsible for On-street parking, and the majority of roads and highways)
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for parking revenues and parking spaces can be found on the 'Open Data' page here
General information on CCTV, EV charging points, Park & Ride and car parks can be found on the 'Parking' pages here, and information on 'Traffic regulation orders' can be found here
September 2024
Public EV charging devices (pdf, 557kb)
Parking - Blue Badge Fines (pdf, 553kb)
Parking - GroupNexus parkng solution (pdf, 493kb)
Car Parking Charge Challenges (pdf, 494kb)
August 2024
Parking violation PCNs (pdf, 577kb)
Parking - CCTV Cameras (pdf, 447kb)
July 2024
Live Video Streaming via Cellular (pdf, 475kb)
Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) (pdf, 654kb)
June 2024
Parking - collection of payments by debit or credit card (pdf, 481kb)
CCTV Cameras (pdf, 470kb)
May 2024
PCN's at Winchester Leisure Centre (pdf, 544kb)
PCNs - Gladstone Street Car Park (pdf, 572kb)
April 2024
Parking Services - Traffic Warden Attacks (pdf, 441kb)
Parking Services - Electric Vehicle Chargers (pdf, 587kb)
Parking Ticket Data - Parking Services (pdf, 443kb)
Enforcement Agency Services (pdf, 464kb)
Engineering Transport (pdf, 445kb)
Policy & Action Plans for Park & Ride (pdf, 440kb)
Car park charges and times (pdf, 1.3mb)
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Planning and development
In this section you will find responses relating to - All planning related information, Local plan, historic environment / listed building, building control, land charges, TPO, community infrastructure levy, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - General information on CIL spending, conservation areas, enforcement notices, Tree preservation orders and more can be found on the 'Planning' pages here
October 2024
Section 106 Contributions (pdf, 554kb)
Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (pdf, 576kb); FOI 14589 response to proposed reforms (pdf, 1.3mb)
Design Codes (pdf, 535kb)
Planning applications and biodiversity net gain (BNG) compliance (pdf, 564kb)
September 2024
Water resources and sewage capacity as material considerations (pdf, 596kb)
Airports (pdf, 531kb)
Padel Tennis Clubs (pdf, 492kb)
August 2024
Street votes (pdf, 485kb)
July 2024
Section 106 (pdf, 572kb)
Shapefile (pdf, 553kb)
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
5G masts planning consent - Planning (pdf, 492kb)
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Technology
In this section you will find responses relating to - All IT (information technology) related information, including systems and software, back office applications, cyber security, and related.
You can also find further information in these places - Additional public data for procurement can be found on the 'Open Data' page here.; contract register information can be found on the 'Transparency, Publication and Contracts Register' page here
October 2024
Housing Management data archiving (pdf, 482kb)
Notify.gov.uk email and text service (pdf, 478kb).
IMT Electronic Devices and Software (pdf, 658kb)
Telecommunication utilities (pdf, 504kb)
AI Copilot (pdf, 563kb)
Unified Communications and Contact Centres (pdf, 493kb)
Taxi licensing system (pdf, 478kb)
September 2024
Finance and HR system contracts (pdf, 489kb)
IMT - Mobile Telephony Services (pdf, 596kb)
August 2024
AI Policy (pdf, 476kb)
Use of automated / decision making support tools (pdf, 491kb)
BACS payment software (pdf, 482kb)
Microsoft enterprise agreement (pdf, 580kb)
July 2024
June 2024
Data Centre (pdf, 644kb)
Council Cloud Service Utilisation and Adoption Challenges (pdf, 695kb)
Investigative software (pdf, 763kb)
May 2024
IT Software (pdf, 557kb)
April 2024
Cloud Information & Sustainability (pdf, 446kb)
Citizen use of council website (pdf, 493kb)
Telephony (pdf, 483kb)
Cyberattacks (pdf, 558kb)
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Waste, recycling and street cleaning
In this section you will find responses relating to - All waste, bins, recycling and street cleaning related information as well as household and garden waste, glass, grounds and streetcare, and related.
October 2024
Waste Management - Local Authority/ Public sector vehicle fleets and associated systems (pdf, 555kb)
July 2024
Council Bin Fines (pdf, 476kb)
Pest Control (pdf, 633kb)
June 2024
May 2024
Public Toilets (pdf, 471kb)
April 2024
Bottle recycling bins at Alresford station car park (pdf, 1.3mb)