Planning
Case reference FOI2025/00068
Received 28 January 2025
Published 28 February 2025
Request
• How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11? • How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16? • How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21? • How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council? • What percentage of your planning department is currently fully staffed? • How many FTE vacancies for planning officers is your council currently carrying (if any)? • Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council? If so, which council(s)? • How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24?
Response
Q1, 2 and 3 How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11? How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16? How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21?
For all of the above questions the Council only holds figures in relation to the current structure.
Q4. How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council? There are 18.91 FTE Planning Officers.
Q5. What percentage of your planning department is currently fully staffed? 93% including Planning Officers (DM and Policy) and all technical staff.
Q6. How many FTE vacancies for planning officers is your council currently carrying (if any)? Due to a recent restructure we currently have 3 vacancies (total of 93 hours). None of these vacanies are for Planning Officers.
Q7. Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council? If so, which council(s)?
We do not operate a shared planning service with another authority.
Q8. How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24?
We do not hold this information. The earliest year held on our system is for 2011/12 and for that year it was £1,858,469.49 b) 2015/16 £2,163,241.17 c) 2023/24 £1,833,589.88
Documents
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