The national indicator set should be drastically scaled back in favour of targets tailored to councils and agreed by local people, not central government, a new blueprint for inspections will propose.
The Local Government Association's (LGA) vision for the future of local accountability, due to be published for consultation at the end of this month, is set to advocate a radical reduction in the number of local government inspections.
It will also propose an expansion in the use of peer-based challenge and support, to replace the work of field forces.
Nick Easton, senior policy consultant at the LGA, said the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) has failed to reduce the inspections burden on councils.
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