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Dear Ms Jewell

Thank for submitting your Freedom of Information request.

We will respond to your request as quickly as possible, within the 20 working
day statutory deadline under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

For updates on this case, please quote your reference number FS-Case-479084877.

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Information and Complaints Officer
East Devon District Council
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Dear Ms Jewell,

Thank you for your request for information. Please find the response to
your query below.

1a. How many staff does the Council directly employ (excluding contractors
or subcontractors, and excluding teachers), that work directly for the
Council as opposed to a school, leisure centres or other venture? - 499

1b. How many directly employed staff spend 3 or more days per week (0.6
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)) on implementing the Climate Action Plan or
other climate change projects? Please provide a list of all the roles.
Please exclude waste management staff unless they are specifically working
3 or more days per week on implementing the Climate Action Plan or other
climate change projects - A Climate Change Officer who spends %100 of
their time on implementing the climate action plan and other climate
action

If you have answered yes to have a biodiversity planning officer and/or a
retrofit staff member below, both these staff members can be included in
this question even if they are contracted. This is likely to include all
staff in your climate/sustainability team, such as Climate Change Officers
or similar. This may include full time staff who spend 60% of their time
on climate change projects and 40% of their time on other work.

You might include other staff in other departments, such as a procurement
officer if they are spending 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE) on writing
and implementing a sustainable procurement policy or a planner that is
working primarily on low carbon policies for new buildings.

2. Does the council have one or more staff member who works on home energy
efficiency retrofitting, such as retrofit officers or project managers
across the council area, for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)? This can
include both directly employed and contracted staff, provided they work 3
or more days per week (0.6 FTE). The work of this officer may include
working on any retrofit projects, including council buildings, council
homes or private rented or owned households - Not at present but EDDC is
trying to recruit Planned Works & Climate Change Manager and a Climate
Change Surveyor

Please list any roles that work in this area, including the full time
equivalent (FTE) if they work part time.

Please include staff members that are shared with other councils, such as
between county and district councils, and note if they are shared across
other areas.

3. How many planning ecologists (ecologists within the planning
department) or equivalent working for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)
does the council employ to scrutinise planning reports for Biodiversity
Net Gain? This can include both directly employed and contracted staff,
provided they work 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE) - There are no
ecologists directly employed by the Planning department but the council
employs 1 FTE Ecologist within its Countryside team who has been assisting
Planning with Biodiversity net gain and other issues.

I hope this information is helpful but, if you feel dissatisfied with the
way we have responded to your request, please contact our Monitoring
Officer, Mr Henry Gordon Lennox, to request an internal review
[2][email address].

You can also request a review using [3]our online request form.

You may also approach the Information Commissioner for advice at
[4]www.ico.org.uk.

Yours sincerely,

Information and Complaints Officer
East Devon District Council
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