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Planning and development department
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Please include the following information for the following years, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23:
1. Total number of staff employed in planning and development teams, a break down of staff in those positions including (Position title)
In Planning Policy, there are 5.3 employees employed in connection with the preparation of planning policy, including neighbourhood development plans.
• Head of Planning Policy x 1
• Local Plan Manager x 1
• Principal Planning Policy Officer x 1
• Senior Planning Polic Officer x 2.3
In Development Management, for each of the last 4 years, there have been 33 staff employed in connection with planning applications.
• Head of DM x 1
• Operational lead x 1
• Business support manager x 1
• Technical Team manager x 1
• Technical officers x 11
• Team managers x 4
• Principal planners x 3
• Senior planners x 2
• Planners x 9
In Infrastructure Delivery and Projects
• Service manager x1
• S106/CIL team lead x1
• CIL/S106 monitoring officers x2
• Sustainability officer x1
• Solicitor x1
• Finance support officer x1
• Planning monitoring officer) x1
In Strategic development team consist of;
• Strategic Delivery Manager x1
• Principal Planners / Development Managers x3
• Senior Planners (1 part time / 3 days per week) x3
• Planning and Compliance Officer (prior to April 23 it was 2 officers) x1
2. Total number of development and planning projects commissioned.
Development Management does not commission development and planning projects.
Strategic Development do not commission projects.
