Urban planning shake-up faces local opposition

A authorities program to merge Greece’s municipality readying services with the onshore registry is drafting crisp disapproval from section authorities and engineers, reviving debates implicit reforms archetypal introduced 15 years ago.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the instauration of a “one-stop shop” astatine the onshore registry to streamline gathering permits and combat corruption. Environment Minister Stavros Papastavrou said municipality readying services look “chronic challenges,” including staff shortages, inconsistent enforcement, and low-quality services. 

The Technical Chamber of Greece supports consolidation but warns astir understaffing. Engineers’ unions telephone the connection “hasty and unfounded,” citing risks to information information and oversight. Local authorities leaders reason the move, calling it a “concentration of power” by cardinal authorities. The authorities says implementation will take astatine slightest a year.