Planning Skills Fund: Accelerating Local Growth
18th December 2025
A national shortage of skilled planners is putting Britain’s planning system under pressure. It’s slowing local decisions and holding back investment and growth. But business is finding solutions. The business led Planning Skills Fund delivered with the Royal Town Planning Institute is training and upskilling more planners to work in local councils, speed up the system and unlock growth. The Fund’s first cohort of 20 students are training in universities now, with more enrolled in the year ahead.
This is what happens when Chambers, businesses and partners work together to solve real world bottlenecks and get Britain building.
Watch the short video and see the impact:
