A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) found that more than £160m had been spent by 67 local authorities on conducting public consultations and recruiting and commissioning designers and architects – requirements of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme.
Town halls had to negotiate 60 separate documents, submit "strategic overviews" to government and create project boards to oversee their submissions.
Shireen Ritchie, chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People’s Board, said: "The process was over-bureaucratic and wasted councils’ time and money, but the key issue is that around 700 schools and 80 councils now have to deal with plans being cancelled and scaled back.
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