FOI Request - Planning Resources

Request 101003130265

Please see below for my FOI request:

1. How much has the council received in planning application fees in total for each of the last five financial years (2017/18 to 2021/22).

2. Can you provide the planning department budget for each of those years, and how much the department actually spent?

3. Can you provide the three figures in a spread sheet under headings: planning fee income, budget, actual spend (see attached for example).

4. Over the same period, can you provide a list of roles within the planning department and the month/year they became vacant, and how many months each role was vacant for?

Can you provide this information in a separate spreadsheet please (see attached for example).

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

Response 12-09-2022

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2017/18                                                2018/19                                                    2019/20                                                    2020/21                                                     2021/22
Fee Income      Budget         Spend               Fee Income     Budget          Spend                    Fee Income      Budget          Spend                  Fee Income      Budget              Spend           Fee Income        Budget          Spend
-910,036.45    -70,113.00   -168,386.07         -942,191.00   -89,745.00   -181,689.96              -692,484.91      -231,316.00 18,492.35             -804,718.37      -202,659.00      -65,938.42     -839,896.92        -157,016.00  -57,901.13

4. 

17/18 - 25 - Planning Enforcement Officer, Condition Monitoring Officer, Planning Technical Assistant, Planning Design Officer, Developer Obligations Officer
18/19 - 25 - Planning Enforcement Officer, Condition Monitoring Officer, Planning Technical Assistant, Planning Design Officer, Developer Obligations Officer
19/20 - 21 - Planning Enforcement Officer, Condition Monitoring Officer, Planning Technical Assistant, Planning Design Officer, Developer Obligations Officer
20/21 - 23 - Planning Enforcement Officer, Condition Monitoring Officer, Planning Technical Assistant, Planning Design Officer, Senior Infrastructure Growth/Obligations Officer, Infrastructure Growth
                     Obligations Officer
21/22 - 23 - Planning Enforcement Officer, Condition Monitoring Officer, Planning Technical Assistant, Planning Design Officer, Senior Infrastructure Growth/Obligations Officer, Infrastructure
                     Growth/Obligations Officer