No Rutland County Council employees have been sacked after the error which lost it a "significant" amount of cash
Rutland County Council has approved a settlement with a developer after a planning error cost it almost £2m.
The mistake was made by officers in 2011 and related to a 1,000 home housing development in Oakham.
Council chief executive Helen Briggs said Larkfleet Homes pointed out the error but agreed to pay £4.8m, much less than first discussed.
No-one has been sacked but the whole planning team has been retrained, she said.
'Reduced scope'
After receiving outline planning permission in 2011, the developer asked to vary a minor condition of its Section 106 agreement for its Oakham North development.
The agreement can be negotiated between a developer and council, and can be used to help to fund affordable housing, roads and schools.
But an error meant Larkfleet had two valid planning permissions in place - one with the agreement in place and one without - and could choose which to implement, according to a council report, external.
The mistake was made while an officer was acting up as head of planning shortly after the retirement of a previous officer, Ms Briggs said.
The council accepted the £4.8m settlement from the developer, with a loss of £1.88m, at a meeting on Monday evening.
A spokesman said the council did not anticipate having to fund the gap but may need "to reprioritise some expenditure or deliver projects with a reduced scope".
If the council did have to fill the gap this would be done through borrowing, and the use of existing cash reserves, and not through council tax, he added.
