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Commission points up staffing concern

Katie Daubney, Planning, 27 June 2008

There could be a 46 per cent national shortfall of qualified planners in five years' time, the Audit Commission warned this week.

In a report on how council staff shortages will affect key services, the watchdog suggested that the current shortage could delay one-third of planning applications. It stressed that this could...

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