Purpose

This will help to deal with our
‘backlog’ planning applications ensuring that they are
priortised on criteria such as age, transformational benefits and
planning fee at risk of return. Staff are busy
with current planning applications so this affords a
‘one-off’ opportunity to tackle the backlog that has
built up since COVID and during periods of staffing reductions.
This will be done via the
temporary employment of 3 x agency Planning Officers (2 x for 6
months and 1 x 3 months with an option to extend by a further 3
months). These agency staff are due to begin with CDC from
the w/c 5th February 2024 and as such, given the terms of the MOU
received on 31.1.24 , CDC will have committed the spend of the
£100k – as required by the MOU.

Content

To accept £100k from DLUHC under the
PSDF to help deal with historic backlog applications and to commit
to spending this money before end of March 2024.