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- 121 - Ep120: The fall-out from the housing secretary's last-minute calling in of plans for an 8,400-home garden village
In this issue, we will be discussing the following stories and asking whether they show a toughening of the government’s line against local authorities that it believes to be resisting development:
Housing secretary Angela Rayner calling in plans for an 8,400-home garden village in Kent just three hours before the council was due to consider it;An inspector allowing up to 1,000 homes on green belt land in Essex on the basis of the council’s ‘extremely poor’ housing delivery record;Other inspectors cancelling examination hearings into Shropshire Council’s local plan after raising "significant" concerns about the strategy’s soundness.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planningmagazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - 17min - 120 - Ep119: The challenges facing biodiversity net gain six months in and the planning highlights from the budget
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing a Planning investigation into how the new biodiversity net gain policy is bedding in six months after it was introduced, and highlighting a series of findings from our exclusive reader survey.
We’ll also be rounding up the key planning news from last week’s budget.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planningmagazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 - 32min - 119 - Ep118: How much unspent developer contribution cash councils are holding onto
This week, we discuss:
Research by housebuilders on how much unspent developer contribution cash councils are holding onto in their reserves;Further local plans falling victim to the new hardline approach from planning inspectors on the duration of plan examinations:Two unusual planning enforcement cases.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 22min - 118 - Ep117: What draft NPPF changes on green belt mean for decision-makers, plus the impact of ministerial efforts to speed up plan examinations
In this Deep Dive edition, we'll be discussing:
How draft National Planning Policy Framework revisions would allow more green belt applications to avoid going through the tough “very special circumstances” decision-making test; Why ministerial efforts to speed up local plan examinations is likely to see more plans fail in the short term but should force councils to submit better quality strategies.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - 24min - 117 - Ep116: Why new requirements for the early submission of legal agreements alongside written appeals has prompted alarm
This week, we discuss:
Why planning consultants and lawyers are alarmed about new requirements for the early submission of planning obligation agreements as part of written representation appeals; Three more councils announcing delays to their local plans in response to the government’s proposed national planning policy changes;A council in Oxfordshire being condemned as "wholly irresponsible" for a £213,000 overspend on defending appeals so far this year;Seven planning partners defect from one of the country’s biggest planning law firms to a rival outfit.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - 27min - 116 - Ep115: The issues raised by council planning teams’ widespread use of agency staff, plus highlights from the Tory conference
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:
Why so many local authorities are spending money on agency staff to work in their planning teams, what problems this causes, and how councils can make best use of them;The planning highlights from last week’s Conservative Party Conference.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 09 Oct 2024 - 27min - 115 - Ep114: All the planning news from the Labour Party conference
In this edition, we examine:
The key news from last week’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool, including a possible delay to the publication of the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework;The government’s publication of new details on its proposal for “brownfield passports” to speed up development on previously used land; The highlights from the Liberal Democrat autumn 2024 conference in Brighton.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Thu, 03 Oct 2024 - 21min - 114 - Ep113: What the draft NPPF changes would mean for affordable housing and brownfield land development
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining two big proposed changes in the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF):
What revisions to national policy on affordable housing would mean for planners, and how effective they would be in boosting the delivery of homes for social rent; The implications of the government’s intention to make urban brownfield developments ‘acceptable in principle’, and other related NPPF tweaks around brownfield land.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Thu, 26 Sep 2024 - 32min - 113 - Ep112: High Court overturns secretary of state approval for coal mine, inspectors tell council to withdraw local plan, and voters reject neighbourhood plan
This week, we discuss:
The High Court quashing the secretary of state’s controversial permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria; Planning inspectors recommending that a council withdraws its local plan due to its “unwillingness” to release green belt sites to meet housing need;Voters in a town overwhelmingly rejected a neighbourhood plan in a referendum after fears were raised about green belt protection.We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 18 Sep 2024 - 22min - 112 - Ep111: What the proposed cutting of 'beauty' references in the draft NPPF would mean for planners, plus other key news
In this Deep Dive, we discuss:
What the proposed cutting of 'beauty' references in the draft NPPF would mean for planners;What the government’s plans to more than double householder application fees might mean for local authorities.PLUS the past fortnight’s other headlines summarised.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 - 32min - 111 - Ep110: Why councils faced with hikes in housing need are accelerating plan preparation, plus other key news
In this episode, we discuss:
Why councils faced with hikes in housing requirements under Labour’s proposed changes to the assessment method are accelerating plan preparation;What we know about the government’s task force to speed up housing delivery;What the fact that only a handful of applications for government biodiversity gain credits have been made tells us about how the system is operating.PLUS the past fortnight’s other headlines summarised.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Thu, 05 Sep 2024 - 19min - 110 - Ep109: The five most important exceptional circumstances used by plan-makers to justify releasing green belt
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing the five circumstances that are “exceptional” enough to justify releasing green belt in local plans – including the extent of local need – and why, if Labour’s proposed changes to national policy are carried through, it will become more important for councils to know about them.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 - 26min - 109 - Ep108: Council reveals £826K planning budget overspend, local plan delays over NPPF changes, and Miliband threatened over solar farm approval
In this episode, we will be discussing:
A local authority revealing an unauthorised £826,000 overspend in its planning budget due to a huge application backlog; How a number of councils halting local plan work due to the new government’s national planning policy changes; Four local authorities issuing a legal threat to the government over the energy secretary’s “error” in approving a huge solar farm.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 18min - 108 - Ep107: Why a council is investing £1m in its planning service and how the NPPF revisions would change housing need assessments
In this Deep Dive edition, we examine:
How and why a unitary authority is making an unusually big investment in its planning service;How the proposed National Planning Policy Framework revisions would change local housing need assessment, and what this might mean for planners.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 31min - 107 - Ep106: How the new standard method will affect councils' housing need levels and ministerial announcements on local plan preparation
In this episode, we look in more detail at the government's big planning announcements last week.
We discuss:
The councils that would see their housing need rise most under the government’s proposed new assessment method.The Planning Inspectorate warning the housing minister that his hard line on local plan examination delays will lead to more strategies being either recommended for withdrawal or found unsound.The deputy prime minister Angela Rayner telling councils to rework advanced plans that provide significantly fewer homes than the levels produced by her new local housing need method. Rayner recommitting the government to its 13-week target for ministerial planning decisions.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years.
Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Thu, 08 Aug 2024 - 19min - 106 - Ep105: Your 30-minute guide to Labour’s proposed National Planning Policy Framework revisions
In this episode, we summarise key changes proposed in the government’s draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, as well as initial reaction from the sector.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Fri, 02 Aug 2024 - 31min - 105 - Ep104: What the new government's first King's Speech means for planning and why a national newspaper opinion piece has prompted sector fury
In this episode, we will be discussing the first King’s Speech since the new Labour government was elected, which featured two bills proposing changes to the planning system.
We will also look at:
The appointment of a planning barrister as one of government’s most senior legal advisors following her election to Parliament as an MP;Fury in the industry at an ex-prime ministerial advisor’s claims in a national newspaper opinion piece of the planning system’s ‘endemic sleaze’ and ‘rampant corruption’ – allegations that have been described as “unsubstantiated”.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.
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Wed, 24 Jul 2024 - 22min - 104 - Ep103: What you need to know about planning for data centres
In this Deep Dive edition, we examine the planning issues that are raised by the growth of data centres, including:
The current national policy situation;The new Labour government’s attitude towards them;The challenges facing local authorities and developers planning for these kinds of development.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 - 24min - 103 - Ep102: Labour's historic election victory, its housing department appointments and early planning announcements
This week, we’re focusing on Labour's seismic election victory the plethora of planning changes it announced almost straight away.
This includes:
A series of planning announcements made by new chancellor Rachel Reeves in her speech on Monday morning; A change to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to remove what the government called the “absurd” de facto ban on onshore wind schemes;The appointment of a new housing secretary and two new housing department ministers;A flavour of some of the reaction to the general election result from the sector bodies.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 10 Jul 2024 - 25min - 102 - Ep101: How the government's own planning performance measures up
In this Deep Dive edition, we discuss an investigation by Planning into:
How the government measures up to its own local authority planning targets when it comes to speed of decision-making;The effectiveness of the 'special measures' regime to tackle councils’ development management performance.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 03 Jul 2024 - 30min - 101 - Ep100: A Supreme Court ruling on an oil drilling project, a council's procedural error halts its legal challenge, plus planning applications fall to record lows
In this edition, we’re going to talk about:
A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on an oil drilling project, which legal experts believe could have significant wider implications for planning decisions; A council revealing that its legal challenge to minister’s consent for a 1,000-home high-rise project has been dropped because it made a ‘procedural error';New government figures that show the number of planning applications submitted and decided upon plunged to a record low in 2023/24.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 26 Jun 2024 - 20min - 100 - Ep99: The planning promises in Labour's election manifesto, plus housing delivery test predictions
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking into:
The planning promises made in the Labour Party’s general election manifesto; Exclusive research by Planning predicting the results of the government's next housing delivery test.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 19 Jun 2024 - 24min - 99 - Ep98: Councils delaying local plan work over general election and the Tory and Lib Dem manifestos
This week, we will be talking about:
Councils delaying local plan work due to next month’s general election; The planning promises in the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat manifestos, which were published earlier this week; The planning proposals that the Labour Party has announced in the campaign so far.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 - 22min - 98 - Ep97: The planning proposals we can expect from Labour’s first 100 days in power and how the election announcement impacts policy and legislation
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:
What planning measures we can expect from the Labour Party’s first 100 days in power if they’re successful in next month’s general election;How the announcement of the general election will impact ongoing and planned planning policy and legislation.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 06 Jun 2024 - 22min - 97 - Ep96: Labour's new towns policy, the general election announcement, plus a council accusing a charity of local plan 'misinformation'
In this episode, we will be discussing:
The Labour Party’s new towns policy;The Prime Minister’s surprise announcement of a general election;Parliamentary public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, criticises the government’s new biodiversity net gain requirement;A council accuses a branch of a countryside charity of spreading “misinformation” about its emerging local plan.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 30 May 2024 - 17min - 96 - Ep95: What the new metro mayors mean for planning, plus the fallout from a councillor accusing planning officers of 'lobbying for developers'
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:
The impact of newly elected metro mayors on planning and development;The ethical and professional issues raised by a councillor accusing planning officers at his own authority of "lobbying for developers".PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 22 May 2024 - 33min - 95 - Ep94: The latest local authority to be placed in planning special measures, planning decision bribery allegations, and the best-paid council planning leads
In this episode, we will be looking at:
The latest local authority that the government has placed in planning performance special measures;A council referring allegations of bribery made by three property developers in relation to planning committee decisions to the police;Data revealing the ten highest-rewarded local authority planning leads in 2022/23.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 16 May 2024 - 17min - 94 - Ep93: What planners need to know about using social media and the secretary of state's attitude to countryside solar farms
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking at:
How a row sparked by an inspector's LinkedIn ‘like’ has highlighted the need for planners to take care when posting on social media;What a spate of ministerial decisions tell us about government attitudes to solar development in the countryside.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Fri, 10 May 2024 - 28min - 93 - Ep92: Why councils are cutting their local plan home targets, new housing affordability data and the latest on Labour's green belt policies
In this edition, we will be discussing:
Why a series of councils are cutting their housing targets and green belt release levels in their draft local plans;How new affordability data impacts local housing need levels;The latest on Labour’s green belt policies.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
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Wed, 01 May 2024 - 20min - 92 - Ep91: The implications of a legal change that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining a legal change from the government that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions.
We discuss:
What exactly the change is and why the government has made it;Recent court rulings that have made it harder for developers to amend permissions;How effective the change is likely to be;The implications for developers and councils.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 15min - 91 - Ep90: Biodiversity net gain comes into force for small sites, plus changes to planning enforcement and compulsory purchase rules
In this edition, we will be discussing:
The biodiversity net gain requirement for developers coming into force for small sites;Significant impending changes to planning enforcement;New government regulations that aim to speed up compulsory purchase rules.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 17min - 90 - Ep89: The implications of the government's proposed new 'accelerated planning system'
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining the implications for developers and councils of the government’s proposals to introduce an "accelerated planning system" for large commercial applications.
PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 16min - 89 - Ep88: Why a Tory council was removed from special measures after just three months and the latest on Labour's planning policies
In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at:
A Tory council being removed from planning performance special measures after just three months;The latest update from the Labour Party’s emerging planning policies;Police being asked to investigate a ‘threatening’ incident, which took place at a planning committee meeting following a housing approval.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 15min - 88 - Ep87: The implications of the proposed new presumption in favour of brownfield development
In this 'Deep Dive' edition, we’ll be examining government proposals to revise national planning policy to encourage councils to prioritise brownfield land development.
PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 19min - 87 - Ep86: EXTRA The lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide design codes
In this extra, extended episode, we will be taking a closer look at the lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide design codes.
The episode covers:
What authorities need to do;The key challenges encountered by those leading the way;Five important lessons they have learned.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 27min - 86 - Ep85: Your ten-minute guide to the Budget announcements, plus two more councils placed in special measures
In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at:
The key planning announcements made by the government alongside the Budget earlier this month, including a consultation on introducing an "accelerated planning system" and a clampdown on extension of time agreements, plus much more; The government's designation of two more councils in special measures for poor planning performance.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 21min - 85 - Ep84: How cost-saving management consultants are impacting planning services, plus a roundup of the Budget announcements
In this bonus edition, we discuss a recent investigation by Planning on the impact of cost-saving management consultants on council planning services, asking:
What is this cost-saving process and why are so many councils doing it?Why are planning officers concerned about it?What examples are there of local authorities that have undergone these procedures and how have their planning departments been affected?PLUS, we round up the key announcements in last week's Budget and the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 25min - 84 - Ep83: The High Court's quashing of Gove's M&S decision and a government-commissioned report on housebuilding
In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at:
The implications of a High Court ruling that overturned a controversial decision by housing secretary Michael Gove to block the demolition and redevelopment of the flagship Marks and Spencer store in London's Oxford Street;What an important report by the government’s competitions regulator on housebuilding has to say about planning;The mysterious retraction and republication by the Planning Inspectorate of a decision by energy secretary Claire Coutinho to approve plans for an energy from waste facility.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 22min - 83 - Ep82: Why a court ruling that permissions cannot be split retrospectively will make it more difficult for developers to modify large schemes, plus this week’s key news
In this bonus edition, we examine a court judgment that quashed a housing association's bid to amend an outline consent for a huge estate regeneration project, detailing:
Why commentators see the ruling as significantThe likely practical implications of the judgment for developers and councils, and why it has prompted a "bit of a panic" among some in the development sector What it means for the use of 'drop-in' applicationsKey planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 20min - 82 - Ep81: Your 20-minute guide to the government's latest consultations on permitted development rights and brownfield land policy, plus a row between Gove and Khan
In this episode, we will:
Explain how the government wants to shake up householder permitted development rights, and other moves to deregulate planning rules to create new homes and support electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps, in a new consultation;Examine ministers' proposed changes to national planning policy on brownfield land development;Discuss a row between housing secretary Michael Gove and London mayor Sadiq Khan over whether London Plan housing targets are being met;Consider the impact of the long-awaited introduction of the ten per cent biodiversity net gain requirement in all new developments, including new government guidance on the matter.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 26min - 81 - Ep80: The policy and legislation that Sunak, Gove and colleagues could change before the next general election
In this episode, we will take a deep dive previewing the biggest policy and legislation changes affecting the planning sector in the year ahead, including:
Further and more extensive changes to the National Planning Policy Framework; A consultation on proposed new national development management policies;A shake-up of the local plan system.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
NOTE TO LISTENERS: This episode was recorded before the details emerged of this week's fresh planning announcements by the government.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 23min - 80 - Ep79: New government guidance on housing land supply and yet another ministerial local plan intervention
In this episode, we will:
Explain how the government has moved to resolve confusion in the sector over how the proposed new four-year housing land supply target for councils with advanced, but not adopted, local plans will work;Examine the latest ministerial intervention in a council’s local plan process;Discuss new government guidance for local authorities that aims to address the hold-up of permissions for new housing in areas affected by 'nutrient neutrality' rules that seek to mitigate pollution into protected waterways.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 18min - 79 - Ep78: What the revised NPPF means for meeting housing need and housing land supply targets
In this bonus episode, we discuss:
How the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) changes the way councils meet local housing needWhat the new NPPF means for local authority housing land supply targetsPLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 18min - 78 - Ep77: Resident ‘offered lap dance club visit in relation to planning application’, plus the date for the launch of biodiversity net gain is finally revealed
In this episode, our topics for discussion will cover:
The government revealing the biodiversity net gain launch date for both major and smaller developments. The High Court quashing approval of developer's amendment, which would have made it easier to revise 2,745-home estate regeneration consent. More on this can be found on Planning Resource.When a local resident was offered “cash and a night out at a lap dancing club” in relation to a planning application in Llanfabon village, Caerphilly, Wales, the minutes of Nelson Community Council meeting reveal.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 18min - 77 - Ep76: A reported further delay to the launch of biodiversity net gain, plus a scathing review of a council's planning service
The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planning information is gathered.
In this bonus edition we discuss:
Reports that the long-awaited introduction of a requirement for developers to improve a site’s biodiversity when they get planning has been delayed again.A damning review of a council’s planning service by a local government body.Another local authority that has no planning enforcement officers left, yet faces 300 cases per year.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 18 Jan 2024 - 16min - 76 - Ep75: Your 40-minute guide to how the new National Planning Policy Framework changes the system, plus news round-up
In this episode we’ll explore the government’s consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and other parts of the planning system, including proposed changes to:
What councils have to do to address housing need, demonstrate an adequate supply of housing sites, and show that enough homes are being delivered in their areasPlan-making and the test of soundness, as well as the requirement for authorities to plan across boundariesGreen belt reviewsPLUS We’ll also be rounding up the other key news that broke over the Christmas and New Year period.
By the end of the show, you should know enough to persuade your colleagues that you spent Christmas poring over planning policy.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 40min - 75 - Ep74: The councils paying out the most in appeal cost awards, plus the week's key stories
In this bonus edition we discuss:
Our newly published research – available to subscribers who have recently upgraded to our most extensive bundle of services – exploring the councils that have agreed to pay out the most in appeal cost awards, and why.The government’s promise of a “premium” planning route for which councils will be allowed to charge a higher rate – as long as they deliver the service promised.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 15min - 74 - Ep73: The council that kept more than £100k it owed to applicants, plus the week's other key stories
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years.
planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The council that has kept more than £100,000 it should have refunded to applicants for taking too long to determine proposalsA dramatic 11th hour ministerial intervention to stop a council withdrawing its local plan from examinationDraft government biodiversity net gain guidance that asks developers to prioritise onsite improvementsPLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past week.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023.
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Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 14min - 73 - Ep72: The big planning announcements in the chancellor's autumn statement, plus the week's key stories
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
Allowing councils to recover the full costs of processing certain planning applications, and houses to be split into flats without an application – along with all the other key planning news in last week's autumn statement. What those who have worked closely with new housing minister Lee Rowley think of him. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past week.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 30 Nov 2023 - 28min - 72 - Ep71: Rowley's return to the ministerial hotseat, and when the Levelling Up Act will take effect
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
What Lee Rowley’s return to the role of housing minister means for planning.The government's confirmation of when some planning application fees will go up by 35 per cent – we examine the small print.When we can expect the various measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act to come into force.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 27min - 71 - Ep70: Gove urges councils to consider flexing local plan policies, plus the week's key stories
In this bonus edition we discuss:
Housing secretary Michael Gove’s letter to local authorities, urging them to be open to requests from developers who say their schemes can no longer viably comply with the local planWhy England’s green belt is getting biggerPLUS, we round up the other key news stories from the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planningmagazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - 15min - 70 - Ep69: The habitats developers won't need to enhance under new biodiversity rules, and the 1,000-home scheme threatened by water supply concerns
In this edition we discuss:
Which protected habitats developers won’t need to enhance as part of the new rules requiring development to boost biodiversity. Why two councils are urging housing secretary Michael Gove to block a 1,000-home scheme due to concerns about the water supply.The latest on local-plan-making progress: which have been delayed, and which have been restarted.PLUS, we round up the other key news stories from the past fortnight.Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - 16min - 69 - Ep68: How the Levelling Up Act will affect planning, and how to prepare for biodiversity net gain
In this bonus edition we discuss:
The key changes that the Levelling Up Act, which gained royal assent last week, is due to make to the planning system.How developers and councils can best use the extra time they have been given to prepare for the new rules requiring development to boost biodiversity.How well prepared the sector is for biodiversity net gain, and how confident developers are that the system and market will be ready for this to work in January.PLUS, we round up the key news stories from the past seven days.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planningmagazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 01 Nov 2023 - 31min - 68 - Ep67: The latest changes to the Levelling Up Bill, as it nears royal assent, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
This week's key changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, as the 7 November deadline for royal assent nears.Housing secretary Michael Gove telling local authorities to be “pragmatic” with some schemes that do not conform to their plans, and "permissive" on small brownfield sites.The implications for planning of the government adviser's latest assessment of the UK’s infrastructure needs for the next 30 years.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 25 Oct 2023 - 30min - 67 - Ep66: All the essential points for planners from the party conferences, plus other key news
In this bonus edition, we explore the key intelligence for planners to emerge from this year's party conferences.
We also discuss the other big stories from the past seven days.
PLUS, we round up the most important news of the past fortnight.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 18 Oct 2023 - 25min - 66 - Ep65: The planning implications of shortening HS2, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The prime minister told last week’s Tory conference that he was scrapping the remaining northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail link. We explore the implications for planning.Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her party’s planning agenda in her speech at the Labour party conference this week. What exactly is Labour proposing?The introduction of the requirement for major building schemes to generate an increase in biodiversity has been pushed back to January. We’ll examine the implications for developers and planning authorities.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 11 Oct 2023 - 23min - 65 - Ep64: The implications of Angela Rayner’s appointment as shadow housing secretary, examining Michael Gove’s new planning ‘super squad’ to help struggling councils, plus other key news
The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planning information is gathered.
In this bonus edition, we discuss what the appointment of Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner as shadow levelling up secretary means for planning.
We also find out more about the crack team of skilled planners that housing secretary Michael Gove is assembling to deliver large-scale developments.
PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Thu, 05 Oct 2023 - 26min - 64 - Ep63: Lords kill off government plans to boost housebuilding by relaxing water pollution controls in the levelling up bill, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The government’s plans to free up housebuilding by relaxing water pollution controls on new developments being rejected by the House of Lords.A Surrey council has responded furiously to an order from the planning minister not to withdraw its emerging local plan from examination. We explain the background to the row. Lawyers have not long returned from their annual get-together in Oxford. We’ll hear the key messages to emerge from the Joint Planning Law Conference.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 27 Sep 2023 - 20min - 63 - Ep62: The government’s decision to extend its new requirement for second staircases in tower blocks to a much wider range of buildings, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The government’s decision earlier this month to extend its new requirement for second staircases in tower blocks – intended to improve fire safety – to a much wider range of buildings.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 13min - 62 - Ep61: How the government plans to relax rules on water-polluting housebuilding and wind-farms, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The government's proposal to change the law to let authorities ignore nutrient pollution of protected watercourses by development schemes. A relaxation of planning policy governing wind farm development, aiming to better balance local communities’ concerns against the benefits of renewable energy. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 13 Sep 2023 - 19min - 61 - Ep60: Will the rise in planning application fees help improve the planning system, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The government’s decision not to ring-fence for planning purposes the increase in council income that should arise from the forthcoming rise in planning application feesPLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 18min - 60 - Ep59: Why development that leaves buildings’ exteriors unchanged can still harm an area’s character, a new government tool for calculating housebuilding’s impact on school provision, plus other key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we discuss:
The implications of a court ruling that a development that does not materially change a building’s exterior can still harm an area’s ‘character and appearance’.How a new government ‘dashboard’ is intended to help council planners estimate school pupil demand from new housing And how worried should councils be about the housing minister’s warning that delaying their local plans “will not end well for them”.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Thu, 31 Aug 2023 - 17min - 59 - Ep58: What Gove’s stay of demolition for M&S’s 1930s Oxford Street building means for decision-makers and applicants
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus edition we discuss the implications of local government secretary Michael Gove’s highly controversial decision to turn down plans by retailer Marks & Spencer to demolish its 1930s Oxford Street building in London’s West End and replace it with a new building. We ask:
How did the secretary of state come to be making the decision on the scheme and why did he disagree with the inspector’s recommendation to approve it?M&S has issued a furious response. Is it likely to challenge the decision in the courts?What is the significance of the decision in terms of the bearing that heritage considerations can have on planning decisions?What does it say about the need for decision-makers to consider the embodied carbon of existing buildings when applicants seek to demolish them? And what are the implications of this for local plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework?PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Fri, 18 Aug 2023 - 18min - 58 - Ep57: Your 20 minute guide to government plans for application fees, extended permitted development rights, new plan-making and NSIP systems and a raft of other proposals
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this edition:
The government has published its long-awaited response to feedback on its proposals to increase local authority planning fees – we take a look at what will change and when.Meanwhile, the levelling up department has also announced proposals to extend permitted development rights, which often don’t require fees – we’ll explain what is being suggested. We’ll also summarise key elements of other government documents published last week, including the consultation on changing plan-making, proposals to change the planning system for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and new guidance on when planning permission is needed to allow development intended to enable working from home.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Wed, 02 Aug 2023 - 23min - 57 - Ep56: How May’s election results will influence parties’ planning policies, plus this week’s key news
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus episode we’ll be discussing how political parties are likely to adjust their planning policies in the light of May’s local election results, including:
What parties were promising and how that went down with the electorate.What the election results say about public attitudes to planning and housebuilding.How the results are likely to influence the parties’ planning policies going forward?PLUS, we round up the most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
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Thu, 27 Jul 2023 - 26min - 56 - Ep55: When we can expect the government’s national planning policy revisions to eventually appear, why a parliamentary committee thinks the revisions would put the government’s annual 300,000-home target out of reach, and much more
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
Housing secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that the NPPF revisions will not appear until at least September – we look at when they are likely to finally appear. An influential parliamentary committee has warned that the government’s 300,000-home a year housebuilding target would be ‘impossible to achieve’ under its proposed NPPF changes – we explain how it came to that conclusion.The government’s new infrastructure levy is intended to replace existing methods of securing money from developers to pay for infrastructure and affordable housing. Ministers have now said councils will be able to require some of the contributions to be paid in-kind – we explain the details.PLUS, we round up the most important news stories of the past fortnight.
Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2023 - 18min - 55 - Ep54: Can we expect the government’s stalled planning changes to move forward, and if so, when?
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus edition, we discuss the government’s stalled programme of changes to the planning system, including:
What do those who work closely with government think are the reasons for the delay?Are there political factors, and political hurdles that the government is waiting to get past before it pushes forward with the changes?What stages does the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill still have to go through before it becomes law (clearing the way for the government to announce the further NPPF changes it has promised), and how long is this likely to take?PLUS, we round up the most important news stories of the past week.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.
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Wed, 12 Jul 2023 - 13min - 54 - Ep53: The implications of Labour’s green belt plans, why a clergyman’s wife was referred to police, and plans to boost council planning recruits
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we:
Explore the possible implications of a would-be Labour government’s plan to order combined authorities to identify “poor-quality” green belt land for new homes to tackle the housing crisis. Dig out the details of a government-backed scheme that aims to recruit 150 graduates for local authority planning departments by 2025 is due to launch in September.Explain the full story behind a Conservative councillor’s referral to the police after failing to disclose to planning officers that her husband was an Anglican clergyman when delegating reserved matters on a 180-home application on Church of England land. Summarise the other big news stories of the past fortnight.PLUS we say a big thank you to our listeners for helping Room 106 win the 2023 Professional Publishers Association ‘Podcast of the Year’ award.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download from the Planning website shortly.
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Thu, 06 Jul 2023 - 23min - 53 - Ep52: How new plans to relax change of use rules for vacant high street sites could work, and what this could mean for your local pub
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus episode we investigate new government proposals to further ease rules for converting high street premises to new uses. We look at:
The proposals involve auctioning new uses for vacant sites – how would the process work?What part would the new permitted development (PD) rights play in the auction process? How widely would industry commentators expect such rights to be used?Some commentators have raised concerns about the possible impact on pubs – what are they worried about?PLUS we summarise the other big news stories of the past fortnight.
By the end of the show, you’ll be able to face questions from a client or chief executive with equanimity.
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Wed, 28 Jun 2023 - 16min - 52 - Ep51: How Gove is factoring design considerations into his decisions, more fallout from the May local elections and government promises of more planning support for farm diversification
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In this episode:
A developer has withdrawn a 200-home reserved matters application that housing secretary Michael Gove had called in on design grounds – we discuss what that tells us about Gove’s approach to design. Two new council administrations have paused plans and projects following May’s local elections – we find out what’s going on.The government has promised to consult on making it easier to convert “redundant agricultural buildings” into homes and on changing permitted development rules to “support farm diversification” – we explore the implications.PLUS we’ll summarise the other big news stories of the past fortnight, including the verdict on Jeremy Clarkson’s planning appeal.
By the end of the show, you’ll be able to face questions from a client or chief executive with equanimity.
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Wed, 21 Jun 2023 - 23min - 51 - Ep50: Will the government really strip planning powers from ten councils, and what are the implications of the London mayor’s new push to secure social housing from developers?
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In this bonus episode:
We ask how likely it is that the government will follow through on its threat to strip planning powers from ten councils?We explore what difference the London mayor’s draft revised guidance on development viability and affordable housing will make to developers and local authorities.PLUS we’ll summarise the other big news stories of the past fortnight.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download from the Planning website shortly.
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Wed, 14 Jun 2023 - 23min - 50 - Ep49: The government’s proposed new high street permitted development rights, Labour’s plan for cheaper compulsory acquisitions and the grants threat to neighbourhood planning
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In this episode:
The government is proposing to further extend permitted development rights for high street premises – we’ll explain what’s under consideration.The Labour Party has said it intends to allow councils to compulsorily acquire land for housebuilding more cheaply than they can at present – we’ll explore what that might mean.And consultants warn that the future of neighbourhood planning 'hangs in the balance' due to uncertainty about a key grant programme.PLUS we’ll summarise the other big news stories of the past fortnight.
By the end of the show you’ll be in prime position to host the next office planning quiz.
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Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 17min - 49 - Ep48: Deep dive into Labour’s planning pledges and the implications of the May election results
In this episode we take a deep dive into:
What we know about what a Labour government would do in planning terms, including: Its pledge to reintroduce requirements on local areas to build in line with local needIts willingness to consider changing changing green belt rulesWe also investigate the planning implications of May’s local election results.
PLUS we’ll summarise the other key news stories of the past week.
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Thu, 01 Jun 2023 - 23min - 48 - Ep47: Planning powers of ten councils potentially in jeopardy after Gove’s warning, plus an inspector’s decision to allow 100 homes on the Surrey green belt
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In this episode we will explore:
housing secretary Michael Gove’s warning to ten councils to improve the speed of their decision-making, or face having their planning powers reducedthe decision of an inspector to allow 100 homes on the Surrey green belt after finding a council’s housing land supply to have been just 1.5 years.PLUS we’ll round up the other key news stories of the past week.
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Wed, 24 May 2023 - 16min - 47 - Ep46: Do Jeremy Clarkson’s criticisms of the planning system stack up? Plus Gove’s threatening letter to councils, and other key news stories of the past week
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In this episode we take a deep dive into:
The complaints about planning made by Jeremy Clarkson in the second series of his documentary Clarkson’s Farm, after the local authority refused his barn to restaurant conversion plan.How councils have responded to these criticisms.We’ll also investigate some threatening letters from Michael Gove to local authorities that have been slow to make decisions.
PLUS we’ll summarise the other key news stories of the past week.
Read our full feature on Clarkson's criticisms of the planning system here
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Wed, 17 May 2023 - 17min - 46 - Ep45: Labour’s planning promises, tougher penalties for slow-building developers and the elusive replacement for the duty on councils to cooperate
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In this episode we:
Take a look at the Labour party’s statement that it would “reintroduce requirements on local areas to build in line with local housing need” if it came to powerExpand on what a senior civil servant has told MPs regarding the government’s proposed replacement for the duty on local authorities to co-operate on meeting housing needConsider the latest agreed amendments to the levelling up bill, including a power for authorities to refuse to determine any applications from slow-building developers across their entire areasPLUS we’ll round up the other big news stories of the past fortnight.
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Thu, 11 May 2023 - 23min - 45 - Ep44: Why councils need to consider future development when assessing infrastructure applications intended to support it, plus key news from the past week
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In this episode, we take a deep dive into a recent court judgment with lessons for any applications for infrastructure intended to support large-scale housing development, covering:
The approach that Tewkesbury Borough Council took in determining the original applicationHow the High Court ruled on the case last year and how the Appeal Court found fault with the rulingThe likely practical implications of the judgment for councils.PLUS we’ll round up all the key news stories of the past week.
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Wed, 26 Apr 2023 - 18min - 44 - Ep43: The government’s new plans for short-term lets and why some councils and developers have been getting into trouble with inspectors and in the courts
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In this episode we:
Highlight how the government plans to give local authorities more control over the conversion of homes into short term lets.Explore the implications of the secretary of state’s rejection of an application for 165 homes, partly because of what the planning minister called its “generic suburban” design.Investigate why some councils and developers have been getting into trouble in appeals and the courts.PLUS we’ll round up the big news stories of the past fortnight.
AND has the unlawful builder of “Britain’s biggest man cave” suddenly run out of road?
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Thu, 20 Apr 2023 - 19min - 43 - Ep42: Your guide to the government’s new Infrastructure Levy plans, plus what our research reveals about the consultancies with the highest proportion of female planners
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus episode we take a deep dive into the government’s latest proposals for its new Infrastructure Levy, including
How it would change the system of securing contributions from developers towards infrastructure and affordable housing. Has the government succeeded in creating a simpler system?Will it make any new requirements of applicants and authorities?What needs to be done before it is implemented, and when is that due to happen?And is there any danger that it won't be introduced at all?PLUS we’ll also be exploring our research into which consultants have the highest proportion of female planners.
AND we’ll round up the key news stories from the past week.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here.
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Wed, 12 Apr 2023 - 27min - 42 - Ep41: More levelling-up bill amendments, planning applications plunge to new lows, and the government outlines how it will implement developer planning prohibitions over unsafe buildings
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
The government has published more proposed amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill as it passes through the House of Lords – we’ll highlight those that you need to know aboutPlanning application numbers have plunged to a record low – outside the lockdown period – for the past 10 yearsThe government has set out how it would implement the planning prohibitions it has promised for developers who have declined to sign its contract committing them to fix unsafe buildings – we’ll explain how they would work.
PLUS the key news stories from the past fortnight.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for any awkward car journey to a site meeting with the boss.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2023 - 23min - 41 - Ep40: How national planning policy changes would affect the potential for denser development, plus the key news of the past week
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In this bonus episode we take a deep dive into the implications of draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) regarding the future density of development, including:
How the proposed NPPF revisions change the policies on maintaining appropriate densities and what the government is trying to achieve with this approachWhat commentators think about the proposed alterationsHow objectors could demonstrate that a scheme is out of character under the proposed changesThe likely future implications for applicants who want to densify development in an areaPLUS the key news stories from the past week.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for any awkward car journey to a site meeting with the boss.
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Wed, 29 Mar 2023 - 23min - 40 - Ep39: The government’s latest plans for replacing section 106 agreements, the developers on Gove’s ‘planning prohibition’ hit list and the spring Budget
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
The government has published more details of its proposals for replacing the section 106 agreements – the deals setting out how much developers will contribute to the costs of affordable housing and infrastructure needed to support their schemes. What are the implications for developers (and the title of our podcast)?Last week saw chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget – we’ll explore the implications for planning And housing secretary Michael Gove has named the developers that could face “planning prohibitions” for not signing his contract to fix unsafe buildingsPLUS we round up some of the other big news stories of the past week.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for any awkward car journey to a site meeting with the boss.
A transcript of the podcast is available to download from the Planning website here.
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Thu, 23 Mar 2023 - 29min - 39 - Ep38: How working from home is affecting council planning teams and what our latest research tells us about councils’ five-year land supply positions
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we take a deep dive into the results of Planning’s latest working from home (WfH) survey, including:
Is WfH any more prevalent in council planning teams than in private sector planning teams?What our survey tells us about how council planning staff feel about the proportion of time they spend working from homeHow is it impacting on service quality?What are the potential solutions to the WFH conundrum, that can deliver operational efficiency, plus team working and team development and morale.PLUS, what Planning’s latest research tells us about how councils’ five-year land supplies have changed since our last report, including which have lost their positions and which have gained.
And we round up some of the other big news stories of the past week.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready to trade topical planning titbits around the office water-cooler.
A transcript of the podcast is available to download from the Planning website here.
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Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 26min - 38 - Ep37: How councils could raise fees by 35 per cent under government proposals, what we know about Labour’s intentions for the planning system, and the implications of a court ruling for prior approval of upward extensions
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
The government has proposed allowing councils to raise their planning application fees by up to 35 per cent this summer, but only if they agree to a wider range of performance metrics – we’ll explain what planners need to know Sir Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would change the planning system as a ‘first step’ – we’ll explore what is known about the party’s intentions for planningThe Court of Appeal has ruled that local planning authorities may take account of a wide range of factors when considering prior approval applications for upward extensions to properties. We’ll look at the implicationsPLUS well also round up some of the other big news stories of the past fortnight
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready to trade topical planning titbits around the office water-cooler
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Thu, 09 Mar 2023 - 20min - 37 - Ep36: What the appointment of new planning minister Rachel Maclean means for the industry PLUS the implications draft changes to national planning policy requiring the promotion of ‘beauty’ and energy efficiency, and restricting farmland development
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
Rachel Maclean has been appointed as planning minister. We take a deep dive into the implications of this for the sectorDraft changes to national planning policy on promoting ‘beauty’, boosting buildings’ energy efficiency and restricting development of farmland are in the works – we’ll take a look at the likely impact of these changes.PLUS key news stories from the past week.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for a coffee with the office know-all.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download from the Planning website shortly.
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Thu, 02 Mar 2023 - 23min - 36 - Ep35: The government postpones some biodiversity net gain requirements, the levelling-up department’s new director of planning is leaving and more councils delay local plans
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
The government has postponed the introduction of some elements of its biodiversity net gain requirements – we’ll explain what planners need to know The levelling-up department’s new director of planning is leaving after just four months. We’ll look at the implications Yet more local plans have been delayed. We’ll explore which councils are involved, and the reasons they are givingPLUS other big news stories of the past fortnight.
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for a coffee with the office know-all.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download from the Planning website shortly.
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Fri, 24 Feb 2023 - 18min - 35 - Ep34: The timeline for implementing the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and what the revisions would mean for councils in England’s biggest urban areas
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this bonus episode we delve further into the draft changes in the National Planning Policy Framework, including:
The timeline for implementing the proposed amendments, including which ones are due to be introduced first What the addition to the NPPF of the 35 per cent uplift to housing need for England’s largest urban areas means for the councils affected?We also cover the appointment of a new housing and planning minister and round up the other important planning news from the past week.
A transcript of the podcast will be available to download from the Planning website shortly.
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Tue, 14 Feb 2023 - 23min - 34 - Ep33: What planners need to know about the government’s new Environmental Improvement Plan, plus Gove’s plan to force developers to fix unsafe buildings
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
We’ll explore what planners need to know about the government’s new Environmental Improvement Plan, published last week A judge has ruled that a planning inspector "erred in law" in his decision to refuse an application to alter a planning permission for a new house, and found that planning guidance on the issue is "confusing”. We’ll explain his concernsWe’ll find out how housing secretary Michael Gove is planning to force developers to fix unsafe buildings by denying them the ability to implement planning permissionsPLUS the most important planning news from the past week
By the end of the show you should be more than ready for any awkward lift meetings with the boss.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2023 - 18min - 33 - Ep32: National Planning Policy Framework draft revisions deep dive – how the tests faced by councils on housing delivery, site allocation and local plan preparation would change
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we’ll explore:
How would the proposed revisions change what councils need to do to demonstrate an adequate supply of sites for housebuilding?Will the updated NPPF reduce the pressure on councils to grant permissions and allocate land for housing?Will the proposed revisions make it easier for councils to avoid losing planning powers if housing delivery in their areas is below the government’s benchmarks? How would the proposed revisions change the tests faced by councils when their local plans are examined, and what are the implications for planners and landowners?PLUS the key news from the past week.
A transcript of the podcast is available on Planning's website here.
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Thu, 02 Feb 2023 - 24min - 32 - Ep31: What’s behind councils’ recent rush to withdraw local plans, more reports of low morale in planning authorities, and why one hallowed planning course has stopped recruiting students
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we’ll explore:
New reports of low morale in local authority planning departmentsWhy one of Scotland’s oldest undergraduate planning courses has stopped recruiting new studentsHow many local authorities have delayed or withdrawn their local plans in recent months, and whyPLUS we’ll round up some of the other big news stories of the past fortnight
By the end of the show, you should be more than ready for the next RTPI branch pub quiz!
A transcript of the podcast is available to read on Planning's website here.
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Wed, 25 Jan 2023 - 19min - 31 - Ep30: Your 20-minute guide to recent amendments to the government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag.
In this bonus episode we’ll explore key Bill amendments agreed in December and their implications for landowners, developers and authorities. Amendments discussed include:
Measures intended to speed up build-out of permissions, including giving councils the power to decline to determine applications from applicants who have been slow to implement previous permissions; and the right for councils to require developers to provide progress reports on their projects A requirement for water companies to upgrade sewage works to unblock permissionsNew powers to allow ministers to "repeal and revoke" planning legislationPLUS further details on street votes, community land auctions, and changes to self-build rulesA transcript of the podcast will be available to download from Planning's website.
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Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 22min - 30 - Ep29: Your 30-minute guide to how the proposed National Planning Policy Framework changes would alter the system, plus news round-up
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we’ll explore the government’s consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and other parts of the planning system, including proposed changes to:
What councils have to do to address housing need, demonstrate an adequate supply of housing sites, and show that enough homes are being delivered in their areasPlan-making and the test of soundness, as well as the requirement for authorities to plan across boundariesGreen belt reviewsPLUS We’ll also be rounding up the other key news that broke over the Christmas and New Year period.
AND in our readers’ choice section, has Jeremy Clarkson surrendered in his planning battle with West Oxfordshire District Council
By the end of the show, you should know enough to persuade your colleagues that you spent Christmas poring over planning policy.
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Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - 31min - 29 - Ep28: How the government is responding to the backbench levelling-up bill rebellion, and what our latest survey reveals about the UK’s planning consultancy market in 2022
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we’ll explore:
How the government is proposing to change the planning system following the backbench Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill rebellionThe ministerial moratorium on onshore wind development in England is also apparently over – we look at how the government intends to change the status quoAnd the secretary of state’s consent for the Cumbrian coal mine – how did Michael Gove justify his approvalPLUS in our Deep Dive section we’ll be exploring what we learned from our Planning Consultancy Market Report, which we began publishing last week.
AND in our readers’ choice section, we discuss the news that a draft local plan is citing the 2021 census results as a reason to cut provision for 1500 homes.
By the end of the show, you should know enough to win the office planorak of the year contest.
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Thu, 15 Dec 2022 - 36min - 28 - Ep27: The Tory levelling-up bill rebellion, England’s biggest 50 local planning authorities, and what you need to know about the government’s autumn statement
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode we’ll explore:
Rebellions over the government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill – how could they change the legislation?An inspector has cited an allocation in a local plan that was never adopted as justification for allowing an appeal – could this mark the beginning of a trend?And the government’s autumn statement – the key things you need to know.PLUS our Deep Dive section reveals what we learned from our recently published survey on the 50 biggest planning authorities.
AND in our readers’ choice section, an inspector slams a council’s rejection of a 1,000-home golf course scheme as ‘irrational and injudicious’
By the end of the show, you should know enough to greet your boss at the Christmas party with confidence.
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Thu, 01 Dec 2022 - 27min - 27 - Ep26: What we know about new planning minister Lucy Frazer, how the Supreme Court has cast doubt on the validity of old consents, and why a council error over heritage harm sank a big housing scheme
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
In this episode:
What we know about Lucy Frazer – the fifth person to hold the housing and planning minister’s job this yearHow a company that aims to win housing permissions for other firms to build won an appeal against the refusal of 290 homes on an unallocated greenfield site And why permission for a similar sized scheme has been quashed by the courts after an error was found in the way the council assessed it for harmfulness to heritagePLUS, in our Deep Dive section we explore what a Supreme Court ruling that a 55-year-old planning permission can no longer be implemented means for other developers and landowners potentially relying on old consents
AND in our readers’ choice section, a senior planning inspector advises lawyers not to “resort to theatrics” if they want to help speed up inquiries
By the end of the show, you should know enough to impress your colleagues and bore your family.
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Tue, 15 Nov 2022 - 32min - 26 - Ep25: What new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the return of Michael Gove as levelling up secretary mean for planning, and will investment zones survive the end of Liz Truss’s administration?
In this episode we’ll explore:
Rishi Sunak’s installation as prime minister – what does it mean for planning?Michael Gove’s return as levelling up secretary – what’s at the top of his in-tray?And two of the UK’s biggest firms of planning solicitors consider merging – what might this mean for the planning law sector?PLUS Investment zones: what kinds of sites are coming forward, and will they survive Liz Truss’s departure as prime minister?
AND in our readers’ choice section, the councillor who now has police protection after an “angry mob” disrupted a community event to protest against a planning approval.
By the end of the show, you should know enough to approach the office coffee machine with confidence.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
A transcript of the podcast is available to download from the Planning website here.
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Wed, 02 Nov 2022 - 35min - 25 - Ep24: How the government will incentivise communities to accept housebuilding, rumours of relaxation of affordable housing demands on developers and the council that ‘epitomised unreasonableness’?
In this episode we’ll explore:
Reports that the government will relax the affordable housing and biodiversity demands placed on developers, among other deregulation – will it happen?The Conservative Party conference – what we learntWhat led an inspector to describe a council as the “epitome of unreasonable behaviour” over its refusal of 700-home scheme?PLUS our deep dive section explores how the government’s proposal to replace what they call “top-down Stalinist housing targets” with local “incentives” for communities to accept new development might work.
AND in our readers’ choice section, we learn about staff shortages being blamed for a deputy council leader being granted permission by mistake.
By the end of the show, you should know enough to approach the office coffee machine with confidence.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
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Wed, 19 Oct 2022 - 39min - 24 - Ep23: Yet another new planning bill, the implications of the government’s promised investment zones and what we learnt at the Labour Party conference
In this episode we’ll explore:
The promised new bill to speed infrastructure delivery – how has the sector reacted?The Labour Party conference – what did we learn?More acquisition news in the consultancy sector, including an unexpected developmentPLUS our deep dive section explores the planning implications of the government’s promised investment zones.
AND in our readers’ choice section, we look at a council at risk of being stripped of planning powers because staff shortages are causing delays in processing applications.
By the end of the show, you should know enough to approach the office coffee machine with confidence.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
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Wed, 05 Oct 2022 - 29min - 23 - Room 106 sponsored excerpt: the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister, sponsored by Shoosmiths
In the excerpt, sponsored by the law firm Shoosmiths, we’ll be exploring more of the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister.
Our panellists are:
Ike Ijeh, head of housing, architecture and urban space, Policy Exchange
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Karen Howard, partner, Shoosmiths
Richard Garlick, editor, Planning (chair)
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Thu, 22 Sep 2022 - 25min - 22 - Ep22: Simon Clarke’s appointment as housing minister, introducing the other new ministers with planning responsibility, and what’s behind the latest spate of local plan delays PLUS the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister
In this episode we’ll explore:
The appointment of Simon Clarke as the new secretary of state for levelling up - what does it mean for planning?The planning implications of other key ministerial appointments in Liz Truss’s new team With further delays to local plans continuing to emerge, we’ll examine the reasons behind themPLUS in our Deep Dive segment, sponsored by Shoosmiths, we explore more of the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister
PLUS, in our readers’ choice section, we report of a five figure fine for a developer who flouted a tree preservation order
By the end of the show, you should know enough to cope with any awkward questions from your boss.
Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.planningresource.co.uk@planningMag
Our previous episode on Liz Truss’s planning priorities, how a councillor ‘brought his council into disrepute’, and the legal advice that led a council to drop its defence of a 900-home planning refusal, can be found here.
A transcript of the podcast is available to download from the Planning website here.
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Thu, 22 Sep 2022 - 42min
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