Planning Department Staff and Caseload
Case reference FOI2021/00180
Published 15 December 2021
Request
In regards to your Planning Department, could you please provide the following information, for the last 3 years (2020-2021,2019-2020,2018-2019):
- staff absence within planning.
- vacancies within planning department
- case load per officer
- expected caseload capacity per officer
- cases awaiting allocation
Response
Q1.
2018-2019: 1.40% Days Lost Per FTE (full-time equivalent)
2019-2020: 4.29% Days Lost Per FTE
2020-2021: 4.29% Days Lost Per FTE
Q2. These are the number of vacancies advertised. Please note that the data is recorded in calendar years:
2018 = 0
2019 = 5
2020 = 1
2021 = 12
Q3. case load per officer
Q4. In response to Questions 3 and 4, please see the table below. Please note that the data is recorded in calendar years:
|
Principle planning officer case load |
Senior planning officer case load |
Planning officer case load |
|
|
2018 |
29 |
64 |
47 |
|
2019 |
36 |
78 |
58 |
|
2020 |
34 |
70 |
61 |
|
2021 |
39 |
80 |
75 |
|
Expected caseload capacity |
25-30 |
40-50 |
50-60 |
Q5. Currently 273 applications are awaiting allocation. Please note that only the current total is recorded as the figure changes constantly, and therefore figures for previous years are not held.
Documents
This is Herefordshire Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.
You can browse our other responses or make a new FOI request.