Shake-up in planning at Fenland Council will ensure ‘public confidence in the decision making process’

Planning chief at Fenland Council says that it is “correct for a council to review the adopted scheme of delegation to ensure that it remains up to date and that the correct applications are going before the planning committee whilst balancing the need for timely decisions”.

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