Council signs off ‘significant’ planning team expansion to tackle 'extreme' caseloads

A Norfolk council has signed off plans for a “significant” increase in planners, and the appointment of an ecologist to deal with new biodiversity net gain requirements, after a report warned that application caseloads were placing “extreme pressure” on staff.

by Michael Donnelly
King's Lynn (pic: cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Colin Park - geograph.org.uk/p/6682948)
King's Lynn (pic: cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Colin Park - geograph.org.uk/p/6682948)

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