FOI Request - Planning Application Figures

Request 101003182651 

1. Figures showing the number of full time equivalent (FTE) planning officers of all levels employed by your local authority for each of the last 10 financial years.
2. Figures showing the number of planning applications lodged with your authority in each of the last 10 financial years.
3. Figures showing the number of planning applications which have been dealt with, either by reaching the point of a decision on the application or its withdrawal, in each of the last 10 financial years.
4. Figures showing the average amount of time it takes for a conclusion to be reached on a planning application at your authority, from submission to a decision, in each of the last 10 financial years.

Response 19-04-2023

1. Details below back as far as we can go (2017). Data for years prior to that is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. 

PLANNING OFFICER          No of Employees              FTE
01.12.2022                          13                               11.43
01.12.2021                          12                               10.67
01.12.2020                          13                               11.27
01.12.2019                          13                               12.18
01.12.2018                          14                               12.28
01.12.2017                          12                               11.39

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