Requests and responses - Legal / Democracy

January 2026

• Thu 29 - Meetings limited by racial group (FOIR-792266917)
• Tue 06 - Councillor antisemitism training (FOIR-781918582)

November 2025

• Wed 26 - Anti-poverty strategy (FOIR-768708698)
• Wed 19 - Communication with HBC on the topic of Al-Mawasi from 01/01/2019 - 18/11/2025 (FOIR-766806676)
• Tue 11 - Planning Committee Membership (2000 to present) (FOIR-764639699)
• Mon 03 - Freedom of Information - requests/software (FOIR-762151128)

October 2025

• Mon 27 - Empty domestic properties (FOIR-760234134)
• Tue 07 - Service Delivery Plans (FOIR-755097846)
• Thu 02 - Hastings Pier (FOIR-753957858)

September 2025

• Tue 09 - International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) (FOIR-747875432)
• Thu 04 - Councillor use of My Hastings Reporting (FOIR-746692197)

August 2025

• Tue 19 - Unedited video of Full Council meeting held 16/07/25 (FOIR-742203892)
• Thu 07 - FOI Request – MP Petition Submissions (FOIR-737777562)
• Tue 05 - Code of Conduct Investigations (FOIR-736868743)

July 2025

• Mon 28 - Reorganisation Costs (FOIR-734651045)
• Wed 23 - Council archives (FOIR-733482887)
• Tue 22 - Al-Mawasi council resolution (FOIR-733179878)

June 2025

• Sat 14 - Planning committee documents 2008 - 2003 (FOIR-722969469)
• Thu 05 - Contact Details for Legal Correspondence from Third Parties (FOIR-720658430)

May 2025

• Thu 15 - Councillor support (FOIR-714789623)

April 2025

• Fri 11 - MIPIM conference (FOIR-705077598)
• Fri 04 - Top tier management salaries (FOIR-702887115)
• Tue 01 - Oath of Office (FOIR-701672902)

February 2025

• Mon 24 - Lead Members (FOIR-690230136)

January 2025

• Mon 20 - Local Government Association (FOIR-680009809)
• Mon 13 - Volume of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) (FOIR-678085257)
• Mon 06 - FOI Time Limits (FOIR-675866595)

December 2024

• Tue 03 - Devolution Letter (FOIR-667521098)

September 2024

• Tue 03 - Legal (FOIR-643543070)

August 2024

• Wed 21 - Climate awareness training for senior councillors and staff - Climate Emergency UK (FOIR-640257837)

July 2024

• Wed 17 - Council protests (FOIR-631333842)
• Mon 15 - Environment Act Biodiversity Duty (FOIR-630687020)

May 2024

• Fri 10 - Planning applications for 5G towers, health and safety certificates, housing and local finance (FOIR-613379322)

March 2024

• Thu 07 - Cost of Processing Freedom of Information (FOIR-593543223)

February 2024

• Tue 20 - Birthplace of Cllr Lucian Fernando (FOIR-588376634)
• Wed 14 - Amount spent (FOIR-586741232)

January 2024

• Mon 29 - Discretionary allowance (FOIR-581276774)
• Mon 29 - Anti-Semitism / Islamophobia (FOIR-581277062)
• Mon 29 - Monitoring Officer (FOIR-581277419)
• Wed 17 - Meetings (FOIR-578109077)
• Thu 11 - Councillor standards (FOIR-576520544)

December 2023

• Wed 20 - Casework by councillors (FOIR-570712397)
• Wed 13 - Use of Scrutiny Call-In Mechanism (FOIR-569010078)
• Wed 13 - Independence of Audit and/or Scrutiny Committee Chairs (FOIR-569010389)
• Wed 13 - Audit Committee Annual/External Reviews (FOIR-569010781)

November 2023

• Wed 29 - FOI and SAR Statistics (FOIR-565731237)

October 2023

• Fri 06 - Policies used for compensation payments following a complaint (FOIR-552370037)
• Wed 04 - Planning Committee (FOIR-551792231)

September 2023

• Fri 15 - MJ Awards (FOIR-547237432)

August 2023

• Wed 23 - Utility Expenses (FOIR-541439736)

July 2023

• Wed 05 - Civic honours (FOIR-529425787)

June 2023

• Fri 16 - Leader/Chair of WAG documents (FOIR-524444978)
• Wed 07 - Officers code of conduct - Declaration recording book (FOIR-522080114)
• Wed 07 - Changes to HBC Constitution - when were they approved by Cabinet / Full Council? (FOIR-522082028)

May 2023

• Tue 16 - Hastings Health Equity, Wellbeing and Prosperity Group minutes (FOIR-516404293)

March 2023

• Tue 21 - Islamophobia (FOIR-499213023)
• Tue 21 - MIPIM (FOIR-499256114)

February 2023

• Fri 17 - Members' Allowances (FOIR-488081625)
• Wed 15 - Equality Act 2010 – Public sector equality duty – guidance on the selection of suitable premises for public meetings (FOIR-487571981)
• Mon 06 - Expenses (FOIR-484196023)

January 2023

• Tue 17 - Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff (FOIR-479042188)

December 2022

• Thu 08 - Planning and Licensing Training (FOIR-470537388)

September 2022

• Tue 20 - St Mary in the Castle (FOIR-452744810)
• Fri 16 - Deed of Compromise 9th May 1947 including Map No 1 & Map No 2 (FOIR-452142777)

August 2022

• Thu 25 - RIPA (FOIR-446974428)
• Mon 22 - Abuse of councillors and local government staff (FOIR-445962949)

June 2022

• Wed 08 - Mayoral car (FOIR-428020190)
• Wed 08 - Food poverty (FOIR-428092273)

March 2022

• Wed 30 - MIPIM conference (FOIR-411935595)
• Mon 21 - MIPIM exhibition 2022 (FOIR-409605953)

February 2022

• Thu 10 - Levelling up (FOIR-400151582)

January 2022

• Mon 31 - Total FOI requests (FOIR-397501005)
• Tue 25 - How your authority reports on its performance (FOIR-395819655)
• Wed 19 - Levelling Up Fund (FOIR-394545020)
• Mon 10 - Recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Review of Regeneration Funding 13/06/2019 (FOIR-391574220)

December 2021

• Wed 22 - Socio-Economic Duty (FOIR-387556842)

September 2021

• Wed 22 - Climate emergency plan (FOIR-364881630)

August 2021

• Tue 31 - Community Covenant and Armed Forces Champions (FOIR-359679896)
• Mon 16 - Vexatious refusals (FOIR-356588784)
• Fri 13 - Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (FOIR-356091203)

June 2021

• Wed 30 - Correspondence regarding Sea Space (FOIR-345825391)
• Wed 30 - Councillors Allowances (FOIR-345857003)
• Wed 02 - Equality and Diversity/Councillors (FOIR-339227259)

May 2021

• Tue 18 - Contact details (FOIR-335883258)
• Fri 14 - Councillors Allowances (FOIR-334803182)

March 2021

• Fri 12 - Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane (FOIR-315530004)

February 2021

• Fri 12 - Monitoring Officer investigations (FOIR-307387613)

November 2020

• Wed 18 - Legal affairs (FOIR-273925269)

October 2020

• Fri 16 - Senior Management team contact details (FOIR-261570997)
• Tue 13 - FOI + Complaints Services (FOIR-260324003)
• Fri 02 - FOI Request (FOIR-256433440)

August 2020

• Mon 17 - Portraits (FOIR-239206704)
• Mon 17 - Boating Lake (FOIR-239212717)
• Mon 10 - Business Continuity (FOIR-236920608)

July 2020

• Mon 06 - Grant Advisory Panel (FOIR-224869988)

May 2020

• Tue 26 - RIPA and Training 2018/19 (FOIR-210764771)

April 2020

• Mon 20 - Legal Qualifications (FOIR-198153426)

March 2020

• Sun 22 - Breakdown of Mayor and Deputy Mayor expenses for the past 3 financial years (FOIR-186307965)
• Tue 10 - Casework by Councillors (FOIR-182189676)
• Fri 06 - New byelaws complaint to DEFRA referred to in Cabinet 03/02/2020 briefing (FOIR-181019462)

February 2020

• Wed 26 - Current and historical Registers of Interest data (FOIR-178092400)
• Tue 18 - Asset of Community Value - Compensation Claims (FOIR-175855870)

January 2020

• Thu 16 - Heritage Champions (FOIR-168214989)

December 2019

• Wed 18 - Rocklands - transfer of land owned by HBC (FOIR-162899091)

November 2019

• Fri 15 - Money for clothing allowance (FOIR-157070176)
• Wed 06 - Councillors Allowances (FOIR-155343455)

October 2019

• Fri 11 - Leader of the Council meetings with Government Ministers (FOIR-149657119)
• Thu 10 - CPO - Horntye Sports Complex, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1EX (FOIR-149349773)

September 2019

• Tue 17 - Brexit preparations (FOIR-144256225)

August 2019

• Thu 29 - Abuse against councillors (FOIR-140306761)
• Tue 27 - Customer Charter (FOIR-139750705)
• Wed 21 - Code of Conduct/Transparency Code (FOIR-138786771)
• Tue 20 - Council expenditure on biscuits (FOIR-138547882)
• Mon 12 - Planning Committee Speaking Times (FOIR-136823030)
• Fri 02 - BBC News FOI Request - Brexit Planning (FOIR-134944621)

July 2019

• Fri 05 - Complaints handling guidance (FOIR-128957085)
• Wed 03 - Cabinet Member responses & guidance (FOIR-128476997)

June 2019

• Sun 23 - Child Care allowances payable to elected HBC Councillors (FOIR-126346926)

May 2019

• Mon 20 - Mayoral Transport (FOIR-119832442)

April 2019

• Thu 18 - Isabel Blackman Centre (FOIR-114613009)
• Wed 03 - Hastings Country Park and Fairlight Place Farm Nature Reserve Final Declaration (FOIR-112289748)

March 2019

• Tue 26 - Councillor diversity (FOIR-111121271)
• Thu 07 - Privacy notice (FOIR-108568173)

February 2019

• Wed 13 - Southern Water Authorities storage/overflow tanks (FOIR-105616528)

January 2019

• Thu 31 - Planning Committee 14 December 2017 (FOIR-104278421)
• Wed 30 - Legal Services (FOIR-104148238)
• Fri 25 - Map No. 1 of the 'Deed of Compromise' (FOIR-103587655)

December 2018

• Wed 12 - Childcare allowance for councillors (FOI-99415359)
• Wed 12 - Maternity, paternity, adoption and kinship care for all councillors (FOI-99415895)

November 2018

• Mon 26 - Where do I find the 1947 Deed of Compromise? (FOI-97238254)
• Thu 08 - 38 Acres - Speckled Wood (FOI-94899588)
• Thu 08 - Land at Church Street (FOI-94900150)
• Thu 08 - Land at Ore (FOI-94900472)

October 2018

• Mon 15 - Public rescue equipment (FOI-91842788)
• Fri 12 - Recording of meetings/calls (FOI-91589757)

September 2018

• Fri 28 - Schedule of Static Caravan, Touring, Camping and Residential Parks (FOI-89814261)
• Wed 26 - Disabled parking (FOI-89561350)
• Fri 07 - Exit from the EU (FOI-87398765)
• Wed 05 - 38 Acre Farm (FOI-87126935)

August 2018

• Mon 27 - Freedom Of Information (FOI-86084933)
• Mon 20 - HBC - conflict of interest (FOI-85344415)
• Mon 20 - HBC - Hospitality and gifts (FOI-85346413)
• Mon 20 - HBC Members' Bulletin (FOI-85400142)
• Fri 17 - Freemasonry lodges (FOI-85125288)
• Wed 08 - Non-UK contracts (FOI-84226127)

July 2018

• Fri 27 - Children missing education (FOI-82989169)
• Thu 26 - Electrical equipment recycling (FOI-82864241)
• Tue 24 - Public Toilet availability (FOI-82624315)
• Tue 24 - Bus lanes (FOI-82626298)
• Thu 12 - Coffey Report titled Ecclesbourne Glen Landslide: Additional Data Review and Further Technical Advice - 23 January 2018 (FOI-81403587)
• Mon 09 - Education and Childcare (FOI-80997820)
• Tue 03 - Litter Picking (FOI-80402995)
• Tue 03 - Brownfield sites (FOI-80404131)
• Tue 03 - Deed of Wall (FOI-80411865)

June 2018

• Fri 29 - NO CARAVANING OR CAMPING (FOI-80073983)
• Wed 27 - FOI Statistics for 2017 (FOI-79865190)
• Wed 27 - FOI Administration Info (FOI-79865722)
• Wed 27 - St Helens Hospital (FOI-79911062)
• Mon 25 - Private council meetings (FOI-79683305)
• Thu 21 - Property Guardians (FOI-79390619)
• Mon 11 - 3rd October 1984 HBC General Vesting Order executed pursuant to the provisions of the Compulsory Purchaser (Vesting Declaration) Act 1981 (FOI-78374246)
• Thu 07 - Legal Services (FOI-78015427)
• Wed 06 - PEW 9/21/1 and AMS 5952/1-67 (FOI-77918507)

May 2018

• Wed 30 - Museum sales (FOI-77031939)
• Fri 25 - Deed of Enlargement (FOI-76638639)
• Fri 18 - Legal Cost concerning the refusal to release Coffey 2 (FOI-75956281)
• Fri 11 - Please make clear any conflicts of Interest that your councillors or planning officers may have with regard to membership of masonic lodges (FOI-75317973)
• Wed 09 - Prayers (FOI-75100303)

April 2018

• Mon 30 - Planning/legal information (FOI-74190586)
• Fri 27 - Zoo licensing Act (FOI-74061929)
• Mon 09 - Meals on wheels (FOI-72376027)

March 2018

• Wed 28 - Costs of appeal against ICO decision to release the Coffey 2 report (FOI-71541831)
• Tue 20 - Directorates' Declaration Reporting Books (FOI-70765019)

February 2018

• Thu 22 - Hastings Pier - Cost of three appeals (FOI-68670725)
• Mon 12 - Planning Officers/Freemasonry (FOI-67834496)
• Wed 07 - Section 114 (FOI-67507643)
• Fri 02 - Young children in temporary accommodation/ (FOI227941)

January 2018

• Tue 30 - Fraud and Claude Messon (FOI-66892542)
• Thu 25 - GDPR (FOI-66644006)
• Tue 16 - Arbitration (FOI-65903195)
• Mon 15 - Enforcement/ Debt Collection Contracts (FOI229446)
• Fri 12 - Sale of land at Bexhill Road Recreation Ground - district valuers reports (FOI229643)
• Wed 03 - Response time for FOI/EIR requests (FOI-64916162)

December 2017

• Wed 13 - Sexual Harassment - Councillors (FOI229649)
• Fri 08 - Cost of dealing with issues at Rocklands Caravan Park. (FOI226766)
• Fri 08 - Sexual harassment/abuse by a councillor (FOI229040)

November 2017

• Wed 15 - Baldslow Gateway (FOI227937)
• Mon 13 - Cloud Computing (FOI227355)
• Thu 02 - Modern Slavery (FOI226839)

October 2017

• Wed 18 - Print (FOI220678)
• Wed 18 - off-street car parking provision (FOI223414)
• Wed 18 - Housing Standards Enforcement (FOI225167)
• Tue 17 - HS/DS/17/00194 and other matters (FOI223296)
• Fri 13 - Totals for Subject Access Requests and FOI Section 40(1) Exemptions in 2016 (FOI225330)
• Thu 05 - Totals for FOI Requests and FOI Section 21 Exemptions in 2016 (FOI225329)
• Wed 04 - FOI Administration (FOI224476)

September 2017

• Mon 11 - Contracts and Service Level Agreements (FOI221844)
• Thu 07 - Documents in relation to Midland Bank Chambers Ringwood in the County of Hants (FOI221054)
• Tue 05 - Details of charges on property on land at Church Street 1958 in regard to title (FOI218450)
• Tue 05 - Nolans Principals of Standards for public office (FOI221763)

August 2017

• Tue 29 - Artworks (FOI221967)
• Fri 18 - HT16634 (FOI220348)
• Fri 04 - Polling district data (FOI220343)
• Tue 01 - Can you provide me with details Planning Meetings which have been attended by the leader of the Council. (FOI212887)
• Tue 01 - Disciplinary action (FOI220675)
• Tue 01 - Corporate Peer Challenge (FOI220785)

July 2017

• Fri 28 - Domestic Violence (FOI217924)
• Fri 28 - Homeless figures (FOI219071)
• Fri 28 - Cyber-attacks (FOI220446)
• Wed 26 - Car parking machines (FOI218759)
• Wed 19 - Business Companies (FOI216603)
• Tue 04 - Homelessness (FOI217254)
• Tue 04 - Temporary Event Notice (TEN) licenses. (FOI218446)

June 2017

• Thu 29 - Sheep and Cattle (FOI217043)
• Thu 22 - Service User Involvement in Commissioning (FOI216271)
• Thu 22 - Count and recount 8th June 2017 (FOI216919)
• Tue 13 - Windows XP (FOI215462)
• Thu 08 - Youth Homelessness FOI 2017 (FOI213810)

May 2017

• Thu 04 - Refugee Resettlement (FOI213242)
• Thu 04 - housing nomination rights (FOI213712)
• Thu 04 - private rented sector manager (FOI213805)

March 2017

• Thu 30 - Request information pertaining to title HT7853. (FOI208698)
• Mon 20 - Self Build (FOI208697)
• Fri 10 - Microchipping (FOI207838)

February 2017

• Thu 23 - Number of FOI requests received (FOI208065)
• Wed 01 - Maternity/Paternity Policy for Councillors (FOI206386)

January 2017

• Fri 20 - Prevent Scheme (FOI205403)

December 2016

• Mon 12 - Redrow Homes - Section 106 (FOI203013)
• Wed 07 - Prevent (FOI202770)