Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 28327
Planning Authorities: Staff
Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025
Question
Michael Payne
Labour — Gedling
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of numbers of local authority planning officers to support planning reform.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government appreciates that planning departments across the country are experiencing challenges with recruitment, retention, and skills gaps and that in many cases these issues are having a negative impact on service delivery.At the Budget, the Chance...
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