Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75319

Planning: Cambridgeshire

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, how many new planning officers will be recruited in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingd

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government has committed to recruiting at least 300 additional planners as part of our Planning Capacity and Capability Programme. Recruitment is being delivered through national schemes such as the Local Government Association’s Pathways to Planning ...

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