Response 932983

Response to request for information

Reference

932983

Response date

23 August 2022

Request

How much has the council received in planning application fees in total for each of the last five financial years (2017/18 to 2021/22).

Can you provide the planning department budget for each of those years, and how much the department actually spent?

Can you provide the three figures in a spread sheet under headings: planning fee income, budget, actual spend (see attached for example).

Over the same period, can you provide a list of roles within the planning department and the month/year they became vacant, and how many months each role was vacant for?

Response

Income from Planning Applications - £

• 2017-18 - 790,513.44
• 2018-19 - 1,123,792.99
• 2019-20 - 1,263,868.59
• 2020-21 - 1,123,792.99
• 2021-22 - 1,227,985.12

Spend - £

• 2017-18 - 1,342,821.75
• 2018-19 - 1,552,044.17
• 2019-20 - 1,592,305.30
• 2020-21 - 1,552,044.17
• 2021-22 - 1,995,570.96

Budget - £

• 2017-18 - 368,300
• 2018-19 - 462,000
• 2019-20 - 487,500
• 2020-21 - 408,000
• 2021-22 - 625,000

The Council does not retain the type of vacancies which you have requested over time. Whenever vacancies have been experienced in the Planning Service they have been filled by agency staff in recent years