FOI request (FOIR-480004395)

Planning

Requested Fri 20 January 2023
Responded  Mon 27 March 2023

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please may I request the following information:

1. The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) planning department case officers employed by the council in each year between 2013 and 2022.

2. The number of major planning applications determined by the council in each year between 2013 and 2022.

3. The average number of weeks between major planning applications being validated and determined, in each year between 2013 and 2022.

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

1. Information is not held before 2018 due to the switch to a new HR system

Numbers do not include contractors on temporary contracts or vacant posts.

2018 - 6.91

2019 - 5

2020 - 6.81

2021 - 5.31

2022 - 8

2.

2013 - 42

2014 - 28

2015 - 19

2016 - 22

2017 - 16

2018 - 23

2019 - 17

2020 - 8

2021 - 20

2022 - 13

3. Information not held. Hastings Borough Council does not have an existing report that calculates the average number of weeks between an application being validated and determined.