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 out more at planningresource.co.uk and follow on @planningMag In this episode: Reports that next month’s Queen’s Speech will announce the replacement of negotiated section 106 developer contributions with a flat-rate levy The planning implications of the government’s proposals to increase the country’s energy ...
Apr 21, 2022•30 min•Season 2022Ep. 12
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 @planning Mag In this episode: Why the number of councils abandoning or pausing their local plans continues to grow month-on-month Why consultants Quod and DLP Planning have switched to employee ownership How councils are likely to respond to the government’s rejection of attempts to block ne...
Apr 08, 2022•27 min•Season 2022Ep. 11
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: Why decision-making on housing applications has been frozen in a large part of the Chilterns The implications of 42 more councils being subject to water pollution prevention measures that have reportedly already blocked development of 30,000 homes The acquisition...
Mar 24, 2022•29 min•Season 2022Ep. 10
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 @planning Mag In this episode: What reports that Michael Gove will drop the standalone Planning Bill reveal about the the government’s plans for the system What caused the crisis in processing applications at Calderdale Council? How the cyber attack at Gloucester City Council has affected the...
Mar 08, 2022•30 min•Season 2022Ep. 9
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. planningesource.co.uk @planning Mag In this episode: Why Uttlesford is the first council to be stripped of planning powers for poor decision-making What Stuart Andrews' appointment as planning minister means for the sector Why Basildon Council wants to withdraw its local plan, and what happens next. PLUS Housebuild...
Feb 22, 2022•22 min
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 the levelling up white paper means for planning The challenges facing planning authorities in 2022-23, and how they expect to deal with them The latest ministerial signals on the future direction of planning policy PLUS more of the last fortnight’s most impo...
Feb 08, 2022•33 min•Season 2022Ep. 7
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 nearly 50 years. Planningresource.co.uk @PlanningMag In this episode: Which councils have weaker or stronger planning positions as a result of this month’s Housing Delivery Test results Key things you need to know about how the government has fleshed out its proposals to make new development deliver increased biodiversity Th...
Jan 27, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 6
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 nearly 50 years. Planningresource.co.uk @PlanningMag In this episode: Key news from the past month, including: Local authority planning officers detail experiences of stress, burnout and abuse Researchers predict which councils will fail this year’s housing delivery test and face the penalty of losing planning powers Previou...
Jan 12, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 5
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 nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @PlanningMag In this episode: Deep dive: how planning authorities and developers can meet their new legal duty to boost biodiversity Key news from the past seven days, including: Parliamentary questions on why neither the National Planning Policy Framework nor national planning guidanc...
Dec 07, 2021•30 min•Season 2021Ep. 4
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 nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag In this episode: What the Environment Act means for planning Early indications of the new Department for Levelling Up’s approach to planning policy- and decision-making Key findings from our Planning Consultancy Market Report 2021 PLUS Members overrule officers to approve ...
Dec 01, 2021•33 min•Season 2021Ep. 3
Key recent 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 nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @PlanningMag In this episode: The fallout from the Prime Minister’s inference that greenfield housebuilding is unnecessary Key recent news stories: Early indications of Michael Gove’s approach to planning as the new secretary of state; The Autumn Budget’s implications for the se...
Nov 11, 2021•34 min•Season 2021Ep. 2
Key recent 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. planningresource.co.uk @PlanningMag In this episode: The implications of the government’s softening of the penalties faced by councils who deliver fewer homes than they should Key recent news stories : The impact of the Prime Minister’s inference that greenfield housebuilding is unnecessary; a potentially significant ref...
Nov 04, 2021•20 min•Season 2021Ep. 1
