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Dear Caerphilly County Borough Council,

Hi. I have a few questions regarding council housing in Caerphilly borough.

1- in 2022 how many people have been placed on the social housing register and what areas and band are they in.

2- in the previous year what have the wait times been for each band and area

3- someone who has been declared homeless and in band 1 with the whole borough selected what is the wait time that should be expected.

4- in the previous year how many council properties have been given out and what size properties and area.

Yours faithfully,

Bethany

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Dear Bethany Lloyd,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your request for information received on the 4^th August
2022. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information –

 

1. In 2022 how many people have been placed on the social housing register
and what areas and band are they in.

 

Number of applications on CHR waiting list @ 15.09.2022

 

Band 1 429
Band 2 1812
Band 3 2857

 

2. In the previous year what have the wait times been for each band and
area.

 

Average time on CHR waiting list by band for applicants housed between
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021

 

 

Days
Band 1 410.61
Band 2 695.58
Band 3 573.75

 

Average time on CHR waiting list by area preferred for applicants housed
between 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021

 

 

Days
Aberbargoed Lower 422.50
Aberbargoed Upper 396.70
Abercarn 449.19
Abertridwr 406.20
Abertysswg 290.56
Apollo Way 469.24
Argoed 394.02
Bargoed 403.25
Bedwas 516.87
Beeches Village 491.28
Blackwood 489.14
Britannia 406.54
Brithdir 309.14
Caerbragdy 505.35
Caerphilly Central 509.09
Cascade 446.83
Castle View 493.38
Cefn Fforest 468.05
Cefn Hengoed 425.57
Churchill Park 447.91
Claude Road 469.17
Croespenmaen 436.29
Crosskeys 440.35
Crumlin 380.83
Cwmcarn 428.09
Cwmfelinfach 431.21
Deri 306.35
Energlyn 474.42
Fairview 431.30
Fleur-De-Lys 451.94
Fochriw 310.94
Gelligaer 395.29
Gelligroes 418.82
Gilfach 419.16
Gilfach Bargoed Estate 395.20
Graig-Y-Rhacca 337.07
Hengoed 422.16
Henredenny 442.45
Highfields Way 445.80
Highmeadow 365.03
Hollybush 356.89
Lansbury Park 373.30
Llanbradach 434.85
Machen 438.85
Maesycwmmer 449.34
Markham 389.34
Mornington Meadows and Trapwell 434.90
Morrisville 351.40
Nelson 410.43
New Tredegar 340.51
Newbridge 474.12
Oakdale 473.95
Pantside Lower 415.59
Pantside Upper 356.90
Penallta 437.76
Pengam 432.00
Penllwyn Lower 432.68
Penllwyn Upper 394.35
Penpedairheol 440.83
Pentwynmawr 439.93
Penybryn 411.72
Penyrheol Lower 492.21
Penyrheol Upper 431.51
Persondy and Llanfach 362.18
Phillipstown 300.23
Pontllanfraith 517.38
Pontlottyn 301.04
Pontymister 428.72
Pontywaun 408.96
Porset Park 445.19
Pwllypant 427.74
Rhymney North 307.74
Rhymney South 294.26
Risca 431.57
Rudry 443.38
Senghenydd 422.74
Springfield 488.44
Tirphil 305.17
Tiryberth 465.67
Trecenydd 439.70
Treowen 371.70
Trethomas 469.36
Trinant 344.75
Twyn Gardens 398.64
Ty-Sign Lower 414.51
Ty-Sign Upper 380.50
Virginia Park 471.32
Wattsville 376.44
West End 375.71
Woodfieldside 465.98
Wyllie 392.71
Ynysddu 432.85
Ystrad Mynach 462.60

 

*Please note that applications are duplicated in these figures several
times because applicants can select more than one area.

 

3. Someone who has been declared homeless and in band 1 with the whole
borough selected what is the wait time that should be expected.

 

I can confirm that the Council holds information falling within the
description specified in your request, but we are refusing to supply this
information under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the
appropriate limit of £450 for local government, which is specified in the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees)
Regulations 2004. Therefore, we are refusing to supply this information
under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In order to determine whether your request exceeds this limit, we must
multiply an estimate of the time we expect to take to comply with your
request by £25 per hour. If the cost of complying with your request would
exceed the appropriate limit of £450 (more than 18 hours), we can refuse
your request. In making this calculation we are able to include the time
taken to determine whether we hold the information and time taken to
locate, retrieve and extract the information. The hourly rate of £25 per
hour is set by the Fees Regulations and is not dependent on the seniority
of the officer who carries out the work.

If you are able to re-focus your request, so that the cost of complying
with it falls below the appropriate limit of £450, we may be able to
supply the information to you. You may want to consider selecting a few
specific areas. If you would like our assistance in re-focusing the
request please do not hesitate to contact us.

However, we are able to provide the average time on CHR waiting list for
Band 1 Homeless applicants selecting all landlords, housed between
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021

 

276.58

 

*Please note, it is unclear if these applicants selected all areas, but
these applicants did select all landlords

 

4. In the previous year how many council properties have been given out
and what size properties and area.

 

No. Council properties allocated between 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021

 

1 Bed 2 Bed 3 Bed 4 Bed
ABERBARGOED LOWER 4 2
ABERBARGOED UPPER 8 5
ABERCARN 7 1
ABERTRIDWR 1 3 1
ABERTYSSWG 2 2 3
ARGOED 3 2
BEDWAS 5 7 4
CEFN FFOREST 2 4 5
CEFN HENGOED 2 6
CLAUDE ROAD 1 4
CROSSKEYS 4 6
CWMCARN 1 1 1
GELLIGAER 16 1
GELLIGROES 13
GILFACH LOWER 8 1
GILFACH PHASE 1 2 7
GILFACH PHASE 3 2 4 1 1
GRAIG Y RHACCA 3 12 6
LANSBURY PARK 13 4 15
LLANBRADACH 1 2
MACHEN 1 1
MAES MABON 4 1 2
MAESYCWMMER 4 1 2
NEW TREDEGAR 8 7 4
PANTSIDE LOWER 1 8 4
PANTSIDE UPPER 2 2
PENLLWYN UPPER 8 6
PENYRHEOL LOWER 3 3 2
PENYRHEOL UPPER 5 7
PHILLIPSTOWN 12 4
PONTLOTTYN 4 10 7
PORSET PARK 1 11
RHYMNEY NORTH 1 11 8
RHYMNEY SOUTH 6 25 11
RISCA 2 1 4
SPRINGFIELD 1 3 2
TIRPHIL 4 1
TRINANT 3 6
TY-SIGN LOWER 6 4 3
TY-SIGN UPPER 14 9 1
WATTSVILLE 5 2
YNYSDDU-CWMFELINFACH 8 3
FOCHRIW 5 4
BRITHDIR 1
ABERBARGOED MIDDLE 3
BARGOED 1 7
GILFACH PHASE 2 10 1
PENYBRYN 1
PENPEDAIRHEOL 1 1
HENGOED 1 4
TIRYBERTH 3
YSTRAD MYNACH 3 1
NELSON 1
SENGHENYDD 3 4 2
HIGHMEADOW 1 1
WESTEND 1
LLANFACH 1
PWLLYPANT 1
THOMASVILLE 2 1
TY NANT 1
TRECENYDD 9 4 1
CROESPENMAEN 1
CAERBRAGDY 3
CHURCHILL PARK 1 5 5
WAUNFACH 1 1
HEOL TRECASTELL 5
BRYNCENYDD 1 1
NANTDDU 1 2
TRETHOMAS 4 6 1
PENTWYNMAWR 4 1
NEWBRIDGE 3 1
MARKHAM-HOLLYBUSH 3 4
RUDRY 1
BLACKWOOD 3 6 6
UPPER TRELYN 8 4
TWYN GARDENS 1
FAIRVIEW 1
FLEUR-DE-LYS 3
BRITANNIA 4
PENGAM 3
OAKDALE 1 2
PENLLWYN LOWER 1 5
PONTYWAUN 3
MORRISVILLE 1
PONTYMISTER 4 2

 

*Please note these are CCBC properties only and do not include Housing
Association allocations.

 

We supply this information based on your original request. If this is not
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Yours sincerely

 

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