Housing minister admits planners are facing resourcing difficulties

By Carl Brown2022-05-27T06:00:00

Stuart Andrew says decision-making process taking ‘ridiculous amount of time’

The housing minister has admitted council planning departments are facing resourcing difficulties but pledged to tackle the issue and ‘free up planners to be planners’.

Stuart Andrew, speaking at a Building Garden Communities event earlier this week, said he has heard the question of whether planners have the resources to deliver initiatives such as garden communities “a lot” since becoming housing minister in February.

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