Top marks for Planning team
Published: 18/06/2020
COPELAND Council continues to have one of the strongest performing planning departments in the country, according to end-of-year figures.
The council has one of the highest rates nationally for the speed in which it made decisions on planning applications in 2019/20, far exceeding government-set targets.
It also has one of the highest percentage of planning applications approved (98.5 per cent).
Mike Starkie, Mayor of Copeland, said: “This is an outstanding achievement for the team which continues its trend of, year after year, being among the country’s best.
