Planning Application Fees from 2017-2021 - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Planning Application Fees from 2017-2021
FOI Number
174
Date Received
10/02/2022
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1. How much has the council received in planning application fees in total for each of the last five calendar years (2017-2021). 2. Of that amount, can you tell me what was spent as part of the council's planning department budget?
3. 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
1. Planning application fees –
Financial Year Planning Fee Income
2016/17 (778,349)
2017/18 (997,551)
2018/19 (978,756)
2019/20 (800,586)
2020/21 (713,628)
3.
2016 – Information not held
2017 – Information not held
2018 – 1 x FTE Planning Officer (Development Management)
2019 – 1 x FTE Planning Officer (Development Management)
2020 – 1 x FTE Planning Officer (Development Management)
2021 – 1 X FTE Planning Officer (Development Management)
We can't confirm how long these posts were vacant. We've effectively had at least one vacancy in DM for each of the last 4 years but the posts were not vacant for the whole year. Unfortunately Scottish Borders Council are unable to provide the information for 2016 and 2017. A history of established hours within posts is not held in our ERP system therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
