Cuts to planning departments are frustrating rather than
boosting house building, a new report has said.
Interviews with developers and planning officers found that both parties
were concerned by cuts to council’s planning departments. The Smith Institute report, produced in
association with Barratt Developments, found there was consensus that greater
resources could enable council officers to pay full attention to the progress
of a scheme through the planning process. There were also concerns raised over
neighbourhood planning- which gives communities the power to issue plans
dictating where homes should be built- could slow or threaten schemes. Download
the report from the Smith Institute website.
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