Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Criteria met if the council employs a planning ecologist on 3 days or more per week (0.6 FTE).
Planning ecologists are ecologists that scrutinise planning applications on biodiversity measures. They often sit within the planning department but they can sit within any department in the council. If the planning ecologist does sit outside the planning department it must be clear that the planning ecologist spends 3 days or more per week (0.6 FTE) scrutinising planning applications.
Contracted planning ecologists and permanent planning ecologists will both meet the criteria provided the threshold of 3 or more days a week is met.
Where councils have a joint approach, staff are shared across councils or in a joint planning unit, this will be accepted as long as the planning ecologist capacity meets the minimum criteria of staff (0.6 FTE) that is shared across the constituent councils. For example, if a joint planning unit had 6 FTE planning ecologists across 10 councils this would meet the criteria.
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district councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arun District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Babergh District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Braintree District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cambridge City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Charnwood Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Chelmsford City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cherwell District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Chichester District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Chorley Council | 1/1 | -- | |
City of Lincoln Council
Evidence | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cotswold District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Dover District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Cambridgeshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Devon District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Hampshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Lindsey District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Suffolk Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Exeter City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Forest of Dean District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Gedling Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Havant Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Horsham District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Lancaster City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Lichfield District Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| Maldon District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Malvern Hills District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Mid Suffolk District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Mole Valley District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Newark and Sherwood District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| New Forest District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Devon Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North East Derbyshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Hertfordshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Norfolk District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Oxford City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Pendle Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Rother District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Runnymede Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Rushcliffe Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Rushmoor Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Derbyshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Hams District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Staffordshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Stroud District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Tandridge District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Teignbridge District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Tendring District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Test Valley Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Tewkesbury Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Uttlesford District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Warwick District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wealden District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Devon Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Suffolk Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Winchester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wychavon District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wyre Forest District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Adur District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Amber Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Ashfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Ashford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Basildon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bassetlaw District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Blaby District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bolsover District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Borough of Broxbourne
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Boston Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Breckland District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Brentwood Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Broadland District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bromsgrove District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Broxtowe Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Burnley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cannock Chase District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Canterbury City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Castle Point Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Chesterfield Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Colchester Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Crawley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Dacorum Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Dartford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Derbyshire Dales District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Eastbourne Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
East Hertfordshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Staffordshire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Elmbridge Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Epping Forest District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Erewash Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Fareham Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Fenland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Fylde Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gloucester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gosport Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Gravesham Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Guildford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Harborough District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Harlow Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Hart District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Hastings Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Hertsmere Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
High Peak Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Hyndburn Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Ipswich Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Lewes District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Maidstone Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Mansfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Melton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Mid Devon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Mid Sussex District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
North Kesteven District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
North Warwickshire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Norwich City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Preston City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Redditch Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Ribble Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Rochford District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rossendale Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Rugby Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Sevenoaks District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Holland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
South Kesteven District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
South Norfolk District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
South Ribble Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Spelthorne Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Stafford Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No response from FOI |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
St Albans City and District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Stevenage Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Surrey Heath Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Swale Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Tamworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Thanet District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Three Rivers District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Torridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Watford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Waverley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Welwyn Hatfield Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
West Lancashire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
West Lindsey District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Woking Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Worcester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Worthing Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Wyre Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |