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<blockquote data-quote="George from SJM Planning" data-source="post: 7718952" data-attributes="member: 16346"><p>It is nationwide. There is no funding to retain planning officers so they rely on the Local Authorities slush fund for contractors. The contractors have no loyalty and jump ship at a moments notice leaving applications part done. Plus the culmination of people spending more time at home and saving money and realising their houses are too small has resulted in an influx of planning applications.</p><p>When you think that a householder planning application fee is £206. That £206 goes into a central goverment pot and a portion filters down into the local authority in question. So lets say 50% makes it to the planning department budget. That £103 then has to cover the wages of an admin member who spends 1 hour validating and inputting the application onto the system, 8 hours (minimum) for a case officer to do a site visit, review the application and prepare the report. Then a case officer needs 2 hours to review and sign off the application. If the staff were paid by the application they would be on less than minimum wage.</p><p>I may be contorvertial but planning fees need to be raised significantly to cover the shortfall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George from SJM Planning, post: 7718952, member: 16346"] It is nationwide. There is no funding to retain planning officers so they rely on the Local Authorities slush fund for contractors. The contractors have no loyalty and jump ship at a moments notice leaving applications part done. Plus the culmination of people spending more time at home and saving money and realising their houses are too small has resulted in an influx of planning applications. When you think that a householder planning application fee is £206. That £206 goes into a central goverment pot and a portion filters down into the local authority in question. So lets say 50% makes it to the planning department budget. That £103 then has to cover the wages of an admin member who spends 1 hour validating and inputting the application onto the system, 8 hours (minimum) for a case officer to do a site visit, review the application and prepare the report. Then a case officer needs 2 hours to review and sign off the application. If the staff were paid by the application they would be on less than minimum wage. I may be contorvertial but planning fees need to be raised significantly to cover the shortfall. [/QUOTE]
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