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.
Or show scores by type of council
single tier councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Evidence | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Birmingham City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Brighton and Hove City Council
Evidence | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bristol City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Buckinghamshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cardiff Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Ceredigion County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of York Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Conwy County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 1/1 | -- | |
| Coventry City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cumberland Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Darlington Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Denbighshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dorset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Durham County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Lothian Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Fife Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Flintshire County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Glasgow City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Gwynedd County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Herefordshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Isle of Anglesey County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Isle of Wight Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Kirklees Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Leeds City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leicester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Liverpool City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Bexley | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
London Borough of Brent
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Camden | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Hackney | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Haringey | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Harrow | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hounslow | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Lambeth | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Sutton | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 1/1 | -- | |
| Luton Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Milton Keynes | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Newport City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Ayrshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Somerset Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Northumberland Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Yorkshire Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Nottingham City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Peterborough City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Plymouth City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Scottish Borders Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sheffield City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Shetland Islands Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Shropshire Council - Unitary | 1/1 | -- | |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Somerset Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| South Gloucestershire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Tyneside Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sunderland City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Swansea City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Swindon Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| The Highland Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Torfaen County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Berkshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Lothian Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| West Northamptonshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wiltshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wirral Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Angus Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No response from FOI |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
City of London
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dundee City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Falkirk Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Ealing
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Enfield
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Islington
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Merton
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Newham
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Redbridge
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Manchester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Medway Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Midlothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Powys County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Reading Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rutland County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Salford City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Southampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Stirling Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
The Moray Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Thurrock Council
| 0/1 | -- | No response from FOI |
Torbay Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence does not meet criteria |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Westminster City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence does not meet criteria |