Reports
Planning Teams for the Future
Our new report, Planning Teams for the Future, developed with Paul Frainer of Olive Branch Consulting, explores how planning services can evolve over the coming decade to become more resilient, digitally enabled and strategically focused.
England’s planning system is entering a period of profound change. Planning reform, local government reorganisation, digital transformation and growing workforce pressures are reshaping what local authority planning teams need to deliver, and how they will need to operate in the future.
Planning Teams for the Future, developed with Paul Frainer of Oliver Branch Consulting, explores how planning services can evolve over the coming decade to become more resilient, digitally enabled and strategically focused. Drawing on sector insight, workforce evidence and our experience working alongside local authorities across England, the report examines the structural pressures facing planning services today and the practical changes needed to strengthen long-term capability.
The report outlines a future vision for planning services by 2030, one that moves beyond fragmented systems and overstretched teams towards more agile, place-based and future-ready models of delivery.
Key Content
The current state of planning teams and workforce pressures
A future vision for planning services by 2030
The transition required to deliver long-term transformation
The skills and capabilities needed for future-ready teams
How we can support authorities through change
Read the full report
Explore the full Planning Teams for the Future report, including workforce insights, future planning service models and practical approaches to strengthening long-term planning capability across local government.
Further Reading
Contributors
Paul Frainer
Olive Branch Consulting