Planning officers - Find a freedom of information request

1. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11?

2. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16?

3. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21?

4. How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council? 

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

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

7. Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council?  If so, which council(s)? 

8. How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24? 

Could you provide the answers in relation to the whole planning services dept?

I can confirm that some of the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) do not hold the information as it is not held as far back as 2010

2. LCC do not hold the information.

3. 11

4. 12

5. 85%

6. 4

7. No

8. LCC only have 2023/2024 data. £690k

Please note that Lincolnshire County Council do not retain records of staffing levels from 2010 and before.