Chamber calls for authorities to work with businesses

MORE planning staff, faster processes and clearer timescales are among reforms called for in a new report backed by East Midlands Chamber.

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The British Chambers of Commerce report - Planning for Business and Growth - urges further action from ministers with a “fundamental reimagining of how planning authorities operate and interact with the business community".

Fixing the planning system is one of the policy asks in East Midlands Chamber's recently published Framework for Growth - the landmark document that sets out how to unlock growth in the region.

The British Chambers of Commerce report calls for Government to:

Go above and beyond its target of recruiting 1,400 planners by the end of this parliament;