Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 24712

Planning Permission

Tabled: 17 January 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that councils have adequate resources to enforce planning decisions.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government appreciate 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 Chancel...
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