The Department of Planning is to run with minimal staff next week, from July 11 to 14, as most of its members go through IT training.

The department’s IT system, which is coming to the end of its working life, is to be upgraded to the EnerGov system over the next 12 to 13 months.

According to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of the Environment, the department “apologises for any inconvenience in the short term, but wishes to assure the public that there will be significant long term benefits that result from the switch to EnerGov”.