Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 17
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 79
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
There continues to be a pressing need for additional resources for local planning authorities to ensure the efficient working of the planning system and to implement the Government’s proposed reforms. The Government must ensure local planning authorities have the specialist skills required to implement proposed reforms. The programme of support offered by the Department—including the measures outlined in correspondence from the Minister for Housing and Planning, and the letter from the Chief Planner to local authorities—does not constitute a comprehensive resources and skills strategy for the planning sector. This does not match the scale of the resourcing challenge which local planning authorities currently face.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 79, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).