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Ecologists
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1. On average, how many planners at senior or management level did your local authority employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2021/22 and d) 2023/24? This would include senior/principal planners, team leaders and chief planners/heads. If not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.
This information is provided as it was on 1st April each financial year:
(a) 2017/18: 1 Senior planner, 9 Senior planning officers, 2 Service Managers, 4 Team Managers
(b) 2019/20: 3 Senior planning officers, 1 Lead Specialist
(c) 2021/22: 2 Senior planning officers, 1 Lead Specialist
d) 2023/24: 3 Senior planning officers, 1 Head of Strategic Development
2. How many ecologists does your local authority currently directly employ? As well as ecologists/senior ecologists, this would include planning ecologists and biodiversity officers.
This information is provided as it was on 1st February 2025:
The Council currently employs 1 Ecology Officer.
3. What are the job titles of the ecologists the local authority currently directly employs?
This information is provided as it was on 1st February 2025:
The Council currently employs 1 Ecology Officer.
4. How many ecologists left their role between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?
No Ecologists left their roles in this period.
5. On average, how many ecologists did your local authority directly employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.
This information is provided as it was on 1st April each financial year:
(a) 2017/18: 1 Ecology officer
(b) 2019/20: 1 Specialist, Ecology
(c) 2021/22: 1 Specialist, Ecology
6. On average, how many ecologists at senior or management level did you directly employ in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.
This information is provided as it was on 1st April each financial year:
(a) 2017/18: 0
(b) 2019/20: 0
(c) 2021/22: 0
