Current Performance

This table sets out the Council's performance over the first two Quarters of 2012/13 (April-September) against locally selected indicators:
 

Indicator

 

2012/13 to Q2

 

2012/13 Year Target

 

Previous 2011/12 Performance

New homes built (net)

234

450

617 

Affordable homes provided

73

100

244

Percentage of planning enforcement cases resolved within 8 weeks

64%

75%

60%

 

Kg household waste per Wealden resident (provisional data)

218 kg

398 kg

405 kg

Proportion of household waste reused, recycled or composted

48%

45%

44%

Percentage of municipal waste landfilled

 7%

40%

15% 

Residual household waste per household

249 kg

 498 kg

501 kg

Total crime incidents (incidents in rolling year)

4,501 (Aug 11-Sept 12)

4,597

4,621

(July 10-June 11)

 

Numbers of people killed and seriously injured on Wealden's roads (fatalities in brackets)

52 (2)

111

93 (7)

 

Percentage of flytips removed within 2 days

92%

 90%

 88%

 

Number of fly-tips removed

213

400

 367

Leisure centre attendances

544K

1,028K

1,044K

 

Projected net increase in jobs arising from planning permissions granted

60

n/a

376

 

Cost of agency staff as percentage of total pay bill

 4.8%

4.5%

6.3% 

Average phone response speed

20 seconds

30 seconds

22 seconds

Percentage of phone calls answered

97%

90%

94%

 

Percentage of customer queries resolved at the first point of contact

33%

30%

 29%

(Quarter 3 & 4 data only) 

Number of programmed food inspections completed

260 

698

642

Number of programmed Health & Safety inspections completed

29

84

182

Housing stock - overall average relet speed

34 days

29 days 

26 days

 

Housing stock - average relet speed for sheltered dwellings

56 days

35 days

41 days

 

Housing stock - average relet speed for general needs dwellings

26 days

24 days

22 days

 

Major planning applications processed within 13 weeks

88%

80%

58%

 

Minor planning applications processed within 8 weeks

81%

80%

86%

 

Other planning applications processed within 8 weeks

92%

90%

94%

 

Percentage of planning applications registered within 5 working days

86%

95%

87%

Variation on budget: General fund

£33k surplus forecast

(+/-)5%

+1.0%   +£187K 

Variation on budget: HRA:

£25k overspend forecast

(+/-) 5%

+2.1%  +£237K

 

Variation on budget: Gen. Fund Capital

£812k overspend forecast

(+/-)5%

-16.9%  -£1,406K

 

 Variation on budget: HRA Capital

 £1,739k underspend forecast

(+/-)5%

-10.9%   -£416K

Percentage Council Tax collected (in year)

60.3%

98.5% in year

97.9%

Percentage National non-Domestic Rates collected (in year)

58.6%

98.0% in year

88.6%

Housing rent received

 95.7%

96.0%

(to Quarter 2)

98.5%

 

 

Planning to adapt to climate change

 Level 3

 Level 3

  Level 3

Percentage of planning appeals upheld

29%

30.0%

24% 

Overall average staff sickness

broken down into:

4.9 days 

8.8 days

9.1 days

 

average short term staff sickness

1.3 days 

3.3 days

2.8 days

 

average medium term staff sickness

0.8 days 

2.0 days

1.5 days 

average long term staff sickness

2.7 days

3.4 days

4.9 days

Organisational Health & Safety (accidents)

19

36

38

Leavers in the last year as a percentage of the average total staff

10%

11%

 9%