FOI release

Planning Enforcement Staffing

Case reference FOI2023/01567

Published 28 September 2023

Request

I would be grateful if you would provide the following information:

* What is the structure of your planning enforcement team - number of officers (admin, management, operational enforcement)?

* What is the salary range for an operational planning enforcement officer?

* What is the salary range for the senior planning enforcement officer/team leader (with operational and managerial responsibility)?

* What is your total annual budget for planning enforcement work?

* How many planning enforcement cases did you receive in 2022/23? Or provide an annual average number of cases

* On average how many active cases does an officer hold at any one time?

* Are you currently employing temporary staff to undertake the planning enforcement role, if so:

o How many and in what roles?

o Why is this? E.g. unable to attract permanent employees, demand is too great and this is a temporary arrangement, etc.

* What is the structure of your planning enforcement team - number of officers (admin, management, operational enforcement)?

1 Development manager (enforcement) leading 4.5 fte planning investigation/ enforcement officers - there is no dedicated administration.

* What is the salary range for an operational planning enforcement officer?

£27,852- £32,020

* What is the salary range for the senior planning enforcement officer/team leader (with operational and managerial responsibility)?

£46,549-£50,885

* What is your total annual budget for planning enforcement work?

Only staff salary within wider Development Management team; there is no dedicated budget for direct action/legal fees, etc.

* How many planning enforcement cases did you receive in 2022/23? Or provide an annual average number of cases

520

* On average how many active cases does an officer hold at any one time?

* Are you currently employing temporary staff to undertake the planning enforcement role, if so:

o How many and in what roles?

N/A

o Why is this? E.g. unable to attract permanent employees, demand is too great and this is a temporary arrangement, etc.

N/A

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This is Herefordshire Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.