Calderdale Council's chief executive, Mr Gove said he had 'significant concerns' about the local authority's performance. Read more:
A Calderdale Council spokesperson said extra staff had been appointed to the authority's planning teamA council must improve its planning process or be put in special measures, a government minister has warned.
He warned that if the council did not do better, the Planning Inspectorate would deal with future applications. "The government is clear that having an efficient and effective planning service at local authority level is essential to delivering the homes, building and investment the country needs," he wrote.
Ms O'Neill, director of regeneration and strategy at Calderdale Council, said the poor rating reflected "a snapshot in time when the planning team faced particular challenges around staffing levels and competing priorities, for example the completion of the Local Plan examination".
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