Building Control

The attached table shows the budget and net expenditure position for all building control services for the period in question. Note that a positive figures represents a budget deficit, and a negative figure a budget surplus.

1. What was the annual budget for the council’s building control function for the years from 2011-12 to 2013-14?

See table

2. What was the average annual number of Building control staff did the council employ for the years from 2011-12 to 2013-14?

Average number of FTE employees 18.624

3. How big an annual budget surplus was generate by the council’s Building Control function for the years from 2011-12 to 2013-14?

See table

4. How much of the previous year’s Building control budget surplus was used to finance Building Control for the years from 2011-12 to 2013-14?

No previous year’s building control budget surplus was used to finance the Building Control service for the years 2011-12 to 2013-14.

5. How many Building control applications were received each month between April 2013 and June 2014 inclusive?

April 2013 to end of March 2014 – 2098. April 2014 to June 2014 – 550 Please note I have run a report to identify total numbers in a given year part year. I would need to commission a report at a cost for a breakdown of applications by month that could exceed the FOI limit.