Your right to access information

Before submitting a FOI request

Many requests we receive are for information already available on the website, or available directly from departments.  Before submitting a FOI request please check to see if the information you require is already publicly available .

You can do this by entering the subject into the search bar at the top of this page.  Some of the more comment request areas are:

• Animal Star Rating Public Register
• Brownfield land register
• Business Rates (NNDR)
• Contracts register
• Cooling towers
• Open data reports
• Public health funerals
• Register of HMO Licences