CAA was introduced to make inspections more efficient so that councils would need to be inspected less.
But 90 per cent of local authorities say CAA has done nothing to reduce their workload.
Almost two-thirds of councils are also worried that CAA does not focus on the future of services and seven in 10 think the inspectorates are failing to co-ordinate CAA effectively.
The LGA is now calling on the Audit Commission and local government minister John Denham to encourage better joint working between the inspectorates involved in CAA.
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