Planning Permission
Commons · Question 24712 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
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
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 12 Feb 2025
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...