Lack of site visits by Planning committee raised by Montgomeryshire MS with Audit Wales
Concern over the lack of site visits being conducted by members of Powys County Council’s Planning committee ahead of deciding applications, has been flagged up with the Auditor General for Wales
Montgomeryshire’s Conservative MS Russell George met with the Auditor General for Wales Adrian Crompton and a team from Audit Wales on Friday to work through a list of concerns about the council’s planning service.
In April, Mr Russell wrote to Mr Crompton raising continued and serious concerns regarding the performance of the planning service.
This follows the publication of two reports by Audit Wales on the council’s planning service in the last two years.
Following today’s meeting Mr George MS said: “The auditor general took on board my concerns and examples provided and will use what I outlined as part of a wider piece of work Audit Wales are undertaking around the governance and leadership of the council.”
