Capita Symonds 15-year Planning and Building
Control services partnership with Breckland Council
commenced in June 2009.
Key facts
- Start: June 2009
- Number of staff at start: 56 staff TUPE
transferred
- Number of staff at present: 56
- Value: £40 million
- Duration: 15 years
Overview
Capita Symonds' 15-year partnership with
Breckland Council will deliver Planning and Building Control
services for the Council from its offices in East Dereham, near
Norwich, Norfolk.
There are also ambitious plans to expand the
new business by using it as a hub to offer Planning and Building
Control services to other local authorities across East Anglia and
the South East of England.
As well as delivering significant savings to
the Council and forming the basis for long-term job creation, the
new partnership will also improve public access to planning
services by enabling planning applications to be viewed online.
This is of particular importance in a largely rural district such
as Breckland which covers over 1000 square kilometres.
Services provided
- Development Control
- Building Control
- Planning Policy
- Trees and Countryside management
- Spatial Information
- Historic buildings management
Successes
- Estimated savings of £4million for Breckland
Council