Planning resources, staffing & budgets 2017-2021
Case reference FOI2022/00154
Published 7 March 2022
Request
Q1. How much has the council received in planning application fees in total for each of the last five calendar years (2017-2021).
Q2. Of that amount, can you tell me what was spent as part of the council's planning department budget?
Q3. Over the same period, can you tell me how many roles in the planning department have remained unfilled for each calendar year? Can you provide a breakdown by the type of role?
Response
Q1. Please note that the data is recorded in financial years:
2016/17 - £1,962,810
2017/18 - £2,305,641
2018/19 - £2,061,135
2019/20 - £2,204,704
2020/21 - £2,184,727
Q2. Please note that the data is recorded in financial years:
2016/17 - £1,432,154
2017/18 - £1,574,258
2018/19 - £1,435,326
2019/20 - £1,525,289
2020/21 - £1,601,430
Q3. This information is not recorded nor available in the requested format by Herefordshire Council. Only vacancies that are being advertised are recorded. The Service Area have advised that they can supply the vacancy rate (% of active positions in planning that are currently not occupied by an employee) as of 03/03/2022 which is a vacancy rate of 4.3%.
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