Planning Appeals from 2010/11 to the current date in 2025

Please provide a breakdown of costs incurred by the Council in relation to Planning Appeals for each financial year from 2010/11 to the current date in 2025. Specifically, I request the data be provided in a table format containing the following two categories:

1. The total amount spent by the Council on legal fees, external consultants, and administrative costs for defending planning appeals.

2. The total number of planning appeals defended by the Council (if an appeal crosses a financial year please include it in the same year as the costs were paid).

3. The total amount paid out to appellants (third parties) following a decision by the Planning Inspectorate that the Council acted "unreasonably" (Awards of Costs).

4. The total number of instances where costs were paid out to appellants (third parties) following a decision by the Planning Inspectorate that the Council acted "unreasonably" (Awards of Costs).

5. Please present the data in the following format as an excel sheet:

Financial year Own legal/appeal costs (£) Number of planning appeals defended Costs paid due to "Unreasonable" decision (£) Number of instances were costs were paid for 'Unreasonable' decision

2010/2011

2011/2012 ... 2025/26 (to date)

If specific years are not available, please provide data for as many years as are held.

1-5. Please see below table