Broxtowe Borough Council — how to make an FOI request

Overview

Official authority name: Broxtowe Borough Council
Nation: England
Authority type: District Council
GSS code: Unknown / Not yet mapped
Status: Current authority
Predecessor authority: Unknown / Not yet mapped
Successor authority: Unknown / Not yet mapped
Services mapped: 0
Connected organisations: 0
Information assets recorded: 0
Evidence records: 1

District Council: A lower-tier council in a two-tier area. It usually runs planning, waste collection, licensing, housing and council tax.

Partial disclosureSection 12 cost limitConfirmed by FOI response

Broxtowe Borough Council FOI disclosure

Broxtowe disclosed a detailed service structure and confirmed that departmental heads or assistant directors act as Information Asset Owners. However, its complete external service-delivery and information-holding network remains unmapped because the broader questions were considered to exceed the FOI cost limit.

Response record

Requester: Daniel Ayres
Request date: 8 August 2026
Response date: 17 August 2026
Outcome: Partial disclosure
Cost-limit outcome: Questions 3–5 and 7 refused or not processed because the council stated they would exceed the 18-hour FOI cost limit
Legislation: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Relevant exemption: Section 12 — appropriate cost limit
Advice provided: The council invited the requester to narrow the outstanding questions
Response officer: Tim Horsley
Officer role: Information Governance Officer and Census Liaison Manager

Broxtowe Borough Council provided its organisational structure, information-request routes and Information Asset Owner arrangements. It stated that identifying all external service-delivery organisations, their services, contact routes and organisations holding information on the council’s behalf would exceed the 18-hour FOI cost limit.

Organisation type: Borough Council
Country: England
Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
Main telephone: 0115 917 7777
Address: Council Offices, Foster Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1AB

Open the council website View or download the original structure document (PDF)

Council leadership

Supplied in organisational structure

Leader of the Council
Councillor Milan Radulovic MBE
Chief Executive
Zulfiqar Darr
Interim Deputy Chief Executive
Martin Paine
Environment and Leisure
Emma Georgiou
Legal, Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer
Sachdev Khosa
Housing, Environmental Health and Communities
Rachel Shaw
Planning and Economic Development
Ryan Dawson

Organisational structure

Search by department, service or officer

6 of 6 departments shown

Connected organisation

LLeisure (also referred to as Liberty Leisure Limited)

Arm’s-length organisationConfirmation required

Organisation type:: Arm’s-length leisure company
Relationship:: Delivers leisure services connected with Broxtowe Borough Council
Responsible department:: Environment and Leisure

The full legal name has not been verified against an authoritative source, so it is recorded as confirmation required rather than confirmed.

Information governance

Broxtowe Borough Council confirmed that Heads of Department or Assistant Directors act as Information Asset Owners for their respective departments.

Information Asset Owner model: Departmental
Responsible roles: Heads of Department and Assistant Directors
Named central register disclosed: No
Personal names supplied specifically as IAOs: No
Organisational structure supplied: Yes

Being named in the structure chart does not make someone an Information Asset Owner. Only the role-based arrangement above was confirmed by the council.

Request information

Verification pending

Freedom of Information requests
foi@broxtowe.gov.uk
Freedom of Information Act requests
Environmental Information Regulations requests
foi@broxtowe.gov.uk
Environmental Information Regulations requests
Subject Access Requests
dp@broxtowe.gov.uk
Requests for an individual’s personal information
Information Governance enquiries
dp@broxtowe.gov.uk
Data protection and information governance enquiries

The council’s written response displayed the addresses using “broxtowe.go.uk”. This appears inconsistent with the council’s official “broxtowe.gov.uk” domain. PublicAudit.uk has recorded the likely corrected addresses, but confirmation has been requested.

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Information not yet disclosed

Section 12 cost limitFollow-up required

Complete list of external organisations delivering council services
Services delivered by each organisation
Council department managing each relationship
Organisation type
Public contact details for delivery partners
FOI or Information Governance routes for delivery partners
Register of organisations holding information on the council’s behalf
Complete list of shared services
Complete list of joint ventures
Complete list of contractors and commissioned organisations

Reason: Broxtowe Borough Council stated that Questions 3–5 and 7 were too expansive and would take the request beyond the 18-hour FOI cost limit.

Existing registers and external delivery organisations

Follow-up recommendedPriority: High

Existing contract register
Existing list of council-owned or arm’s-length companies
Existing shared-services register
Existing joint-venture register
Existing strategic-partnership directory
Existing register of organisations processing or holding information for the council
Confirmation of the full identity and responsibilities of LLeisure
Confirmation of the correct FOI and Data Protection email domains

Data-quality labels used on this record

Confirmed by FOI responseSupplied in organisational structurePartial disclosureSection 12 cost limitVerification pendingVacancyArm’s-length organisationFollow-up required