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Recommendation 34
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Paragraph: 129
Ensure planning authorities have adequate resources and skills to prevent energy infrastructure bottlenecks.
Recommendation
We urge the Government to ensure that the planning authorities have adequate resources to obtain and develop the skills and capacity necessary to prevent the planning system being a bottleneck to the rollout of energy infrastructure. The increase in planning fees is a justifiable measure to provide more adequate resources to planning authorities: but additional funding should be provided, and finances should be ring- fenced for local authorities.
Paragraph Reference:
129
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 31 December 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗