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External PCS Users: Target Service Levels
The table below details the key service targets for external users of the Planning Casework System.
Any queries on this should be sent to:
Ian Elliott, Information Service Group, Room 5/08, Temple Quay House, Bristol.
Tel 0117 372 8986
E-Mail: ian.elliott@pins.gsi.gov.uk
Key targets defined in the SLA are:
Service hours | |
Monday to Friday: | |
Service availability | |
Availability of PCS facilities | 21 hours a day, 7 days a week; 95% per month |
Scheduled outage limits | No more than 2 scheduled outage per month |
Reliability | |
Unscheduled outage limits | No more than 2 unscheduled outages between |
Report on recovery from each unscheduled outage | 100% within 1 working day of resolution |
Submission of new appeals, LPA Questionnaires, Comments or Representations (based on access via broadband) | |
Submission without attachments | 95% per month in less than 10 seconds |
Submission with attachments | 95% per month in less than 10 seconds, plus extra 4 seconds per additional megabyte or part megabyte of attachments |
Case Search (based on access via broadband) | |
Using a single search criteria | 95% per month in less than 10 seconds |
Using multiple search criteria | 95% per month in less than 10 seconds |
Incident resolution | |
Severity 1 (Critical) | 95% per month within 4 working hours |
Severity 2 (High) | 95% per month within 6 working hours |
Severity 3 (Medium) | 95% per month within 1 working day |
Severity 4 (Low) | 95% per month within period agreed by user |
Service Reporting and Review | |
Monthly report of performance against service targets | 100% |
Monthly review meeting | 100% |
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