Dear C Daniels

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 3 October 2023.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been
received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a
response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the
information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

 

The deadline for this will be 31 October 2023

 

The reference number for this request is Vale 23/596

 

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is
being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime,
please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

 

Kind regards

 

Information Governance Team

 

Legal & Democratic Services

Vale of White Horse District Council

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Dear C Daniels

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request which was received by
the Vale of White Horse District Council and logged under 23/596 (VALE).

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find attached the
information you requested.

 

1.      How many applicants are currently on the Council's housing waiting
list / housing register?  2203

 

2.      What is the average waiting time over the latest three years of
available data for an applicant on the housing waiting list/housing
register to be assigned a property? The average waiting times can be found
on the council’s Homechoice website [1]here and filtered by location and
property type

 

3.      Of the current applicants for social/affordable rented properties:

a. How many have requested a 1-bedroom property?        1260

b. How many have requested a 2-bedroom property?        486

c. How many have requested a 3-bedroom property?        284

d. How many have requested a 4+-bedroom property?     163

 

4.      How many applicants currently on the list would qualify for/ have
expressed an interest in an affordable home ownership property (as their
sole suitable tenure or in addition to other tenures)? Data not held

 

5.      Of the current applicants for affordable home ownership
properties:

a. How many would qualify for a 1-bedroom property?     Data not held

b. How many would qualify for a 2-bedroom property?     Data not held

c. How many would qualify for a 3-bedroom property?     Data not held

d. How many would qualify for a 4+-bedroom property?   Data not held

 

6.      How many new applicants to the Council’s housing waiting list were
there in the following periods:

a. 2011-2012 - Data not held

b. 2012-2013 - Data not held

c. 2013-2014 - Data not held

d. 2014-2015 - Data not held

e. 2015-2016 - Data not held

f. 2016-2017 -  2631

g. 2017-2018 - 3280

h. 2018-2019 - 3390

i. 2019-2020 -  3745

j. 2020-2021 -  3890

k. 2021-2022 - 4007

l. 2022-2023 -  4095

 

7.      Out of all current applicants, how many would be first time buyers
or renters (if known)? Data not held

 

8.      Out of all current applicants, how many have a requirement or have
expressed a preference to live within the civil parish of Steventon? 32
applicants have stated that Steventon would be their first choice of area

 

Please treat this as the council’s formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[2][email address] and [3][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]  within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 01625 545745). You can also find further information at
[4]www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind regards

Thom

 

Thom Gaunt

Housing Needs Team Leader – Housing Advice

Housing and Environment

South Oxfordshire and Vale of

White Horse District Councils

01235 422 442

 

[5]www.southoxon.gov.uk

[6]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

 

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