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PLANNING

South Staffordshire bucks national trend on planning enforcement

Catherine Gutteridge says South Staffordshire Council is standing apart as a positive exception by keeping up with the volume of reported planning enforcement breaches.

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A new report from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman revealed many local authorities are struggling to keep up with the volume of reported planning enforcement breaches – but at South Staffordshire Council we are proud to be bucking the national trend and standing apart as a positive exception.

 According to the ombudsman, some councils are facing long delays, drifting cases and missed deadlines because of understaffing and growing backlogs.

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