'Chronic underinvestment': Government urged to tackle major shortfall in planning officers

James Murray
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'Chronic underinvestment': Government urged to tackle major shortfall in planning officers

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners warn government plan to hire 300 planning officers equates to fewer than one new professional per local authority, at a time when housing and renewables projects already face lengthy delays

The UK's ambitious new housing, renewables, and environmental targets will not be met unless the government moves swiftly to tackle shortages of planning experts across the public sector, which are already...

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