Martin Ford 26 November 2025

Budget: More funding to recruit planners

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Funding to recruit officers has been announced in a bid to boost capacity in the planning system as part of today's Budget.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said £48m of additional funding would be provided to recruit an extra 350 planners in England.

The funds will also be used to expanding the ‘Pathways to Planning' graduate scheme and creating a Planning Careers Hub to retain and retrain existing staff.

The chancellor also announced that £1.3bn of the National Housing Delivery Fund will be devolved to mayors.

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