Planning recruitment crisis letter sent to housing minister

Planning recruitment at risk as apprenticeship funding cuts bite

Thirty-three organisations across planning, housing, nature, and energy are urging the Government to provide £7m to recruit and train apprentice planners.

Planning recruitment crisis letter sent to housing minister

Thirty-three organisations have signed a letter to Matthew Pennycook, urging urgent support for planning schools to continue recruiting and training apprentice planners The joint letter—backed by organisations across planning, housing, nature, and energy—calls for a £6.8 million investment in planning schools. This funding is seen as essential to sustain recruitment and training of apprentice planners, following the Department for Education’s re…

Urgent funding needed to address planning recruitment crisis, warns built environment leaders

Thirty-three leading organisations from across planning, housing, nature, and energy have signed a joint letter to Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook, calling for £6.8 million in urgent funding to support Planning Schools to continue to recruit and train apprentice planners. The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that from January 2026, apprenticeship levy funding for Level 7 apprenticeships will be restricted to only indi…

Urgent funding needed to address…

Thirty-three leading organisations from across planning, housing, nature, and energy have signed a joint letter to Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook, calling for £6.8 million in urgent funding to support Planning Schools to continue to recruit and train apprentice planners.