Decision details

Planning Resource

Decision Maker: Leader of the Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To agree to apply additional planning income generated in 2021/22 to fund agency staff in 2022/23 to address the exceptional peak in workload.

 

Decision:

RESOLVED: That as the matter is urgent, and the decision cannot await a full meeting of the Executive due to the need to put in place arrangements to secure the necessary capacity within the planning service, the Leader agrees that:

£363k of income generated from planning applications in 21/22 is used to fund current agency staff in 22/23 for up to 12 months, to deal with the peak in workload.  In addition, that the income highlighted is also used to backfill an existing post for 6 months, to allow the officer in question to act up into the Planning Development Manager post.

 

Urgent item?: Yes

Publication date: 04/03/2022

Date of decision: 04/03/2022

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