Planning Information, EV Charging and High Streets - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Planning Information, EV Charging and High Streets
FOI Number
15322
Date Received
14/06/2021
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
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. 16 Officers
2. 17 Officers
3. The 2021/22 net expenditure budget for 'Planning Services', as per the Council's published Financial Plan, is £889k…….
£'000
- Gross Expenditure Budget 2,940
- Income (2,051)
- Net Expenditure Budget 889
The budget for 'Planning Services' includes – Development Management; Building Standards; Policy and Management; Access and Countryside; Heritage and Conservation; Archaeology; Enforcement; Roads Planning; Biodiversity
4. What was your planning departments budget in January 2011?
The 2011/12 net expenditure budget for 'Planning and Building Standards', as per the Council's published Financial Plan, was £339k…….
£'000
- Gross Expenditure Budget 2,221
- Income (1,882)
- Net Expenditure Budget 339
The budget the for 'Planning and Building Standards' included – Development Management; Building Standards; Plans and Research
Further breakdown below of Development Management and Policy and Management (was Plans and Research) for information………..
£'000 £'000
2011/12 2021/22
Development Management
Gross Expenditure 979 752
Income (893) (987)
86 (235)
Policy and Management (Plans and Research) 546 489
5. SBC have installed a number of public facing charging points through Scottish Government Grant funding in recent years. It is anticipated that moving forward the demand for EV public charging is likely to be met commercially and SBC have no current plans in this regard.
6. Some of the information you have requested cannot be provided because Scottish Border Council does not hold it and therefore we give notice under 10(4)(a) of EI(S)R 2004.
The Council does not currently hold a copy of Office for National Statistics High Streets data.
ONS makes some of their High Street data publically available on their website along with contact details. Please see website link provided below.
There is also an interactive map available to view (part 6. Your local high street on the Ordnance Survey (OS) map.)
