Raising authority standards

Dewar, D.

Raising authority standards - 2005 - Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1609) 4 March 2005, 8(1) .

Reports on the key messages from ODPM's "An overview of the evaluation of planning standards authorities 2003-04", based on research carried out between October 2003 and May 2004. The vast majority of standards authorities have improved their performance in processing planning applications but many are still missing key targets with several still severely underachieving. Tables cover targets met by standards authorities in 2003-04 and key factors in improved performance.


LOCAL AUTHORITIES
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
TARGETS