Want planning permission? It’s gonna cost you a lot more. Environment Minister, Sammy Wilson has agreed to 20 per cent price hikes for planning applications.
The reason for the hike is to protect jobs in the Planning Service.
Hardy economists have been trying to decide whether this move is based on Keynesian economic theory, Marxist revisionism or a Malthusian analysis.
What is sure is that if there isn’t a return to increasing residential and business developments, the price hike will be to no avail…except for the fact that local councils are to getting planning powers, which will require more planning officers. That should be entertaining! Oh, and with entertainment licences also set to rise, council chambers may be the only places open for public entertainment!
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