See answers to previous information requests

1. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11?
Information not available

2. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16?
This information is provided as of 1st April 2015 for staff in the WBC Planning service. 26.21 FTE
This information is provided as of 1st April 2020 for staff in the WBC Building Control service. 6.68 FTE

3. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21?
This information is provided as of 1st April 2020 for staff in the WBC Planning service. 22.86 FTE
This information is provided as of 1st April 2020 for staff in the WBC Building Control service. 15.40 FTE

4. How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council?
This information is provided as of 1st February 2025 for staff in the WBC Planning service. 59.81 FTE
This information is provided as of 1st April 2020 for staff in the WBC Building Control service. 12 FTE

5. What percentage of your planning department is currently fully staffed?
89%

6. How many FTE vacancies for planning officers is your council currently carrying (if any)?
8.39 FTE for Vacancies

7. Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council? If so, which council(s)?
None of the planning functions are a ‘shared service’ but building control is a shared service, where Wokingham administers the building control function for West Berkshire Council in addition to Wokingham under a formal partnership agreement.

8. How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24?
2010/11: We don’t hold this data.
2015/16: £5,114,193
2023/24: £5,370,423