Response A1345295

Response to request for information

Reference

A1345295

Response date

6 July 2021

Request

Is it possible to answer the following questions please?

1. How many planning officers do you currently employ?
2. How many planning officers did you employ in January 2011?
3. What is your planning departments current budget?
4. What was your planning departments budget in January 2011?
5. What work has your authority undertaken in considering the volume of electric vehicle charging points needed in the district in the next decade?
6. How many high streets (as defined by the ONS) are in your district?

Response

1. How many planning officers do you currently employ?
   • we currently employ 13.9fte planning officers
2. How many planning officers did you employ in January 2011?
   • in April 2011 (we do not have a record for January) we employed 12.9 planning officers
3. What is your planning departments current budget?
   • the current planning net budget is £935,400 (not including income)
4. What was your planning departments budget in January 2011?
   • the net budget in 2011 was £218,240 (not including income)
5. What work has your authority undertaken in considering the volume of electric vehicle charging points needed in the district in the next decade?
   • We have undertaken a survey of residents (October 2020) to determine whether they would be purchasing an electric vehicle in the next two years and next two to five years. We also asked them where they would be charging the vehicle to determine where the charge points would be required.
6. How many high streets (as defined by the ONS) are in your district?
   • We do not hold information on the number of High Streets (as defined by the ONS) within the Borough.