In accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write with four separate requests for information:

1. How many planning decisions, in which an application for a major residential development (10+ units) was refused, have been overturned at appeal in:
a) 2017/18:
b) 2018/19:
c) 2019/20:
d) 2020/21:
e) 2021/22 to date:
Details of all major applications and appeal decisions are available on the Council’s website as are costs decisions.

2. Please provide the application reference for every major residential development planning application (10+ units) that has been awarded costs at appeal in:
a) 2017/18: None
b) 2018/19: None
c) 2019/20: None
d) 2020/21: None
e) 2021/22 to date: None

3. Please provide the amount spent by the authority in costs for every major residential development (10+ units) planning application that has been awarded costs at appeal in:
a) 2017/18: £0
b) 2018/19: £0
c) 2019/20: £0
d) 2020/21: £0
e) 2021/22 to date: £0

4. Please provide the amount spent by the authority on planning appeals, including the solicitation of external advice:
a) 2017/18:
b) 2018/19:
c) 2019/20:
d) 2020/21:
e) 2021/22 to date:
We do not report on this. We occasionally will seek specialist external advice in connection with a planning application but we do not keep a specific record of which applications where we sought advice then go to appeal. We do not record how much of the spend was on the appeal as opposed to the planning application.