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 Lev...
Nov 22, 2023•28 min•Season 2023Ep. 71
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 plan Why England’s green belt is getting bigger PLUS, 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 Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals...
Nov 16, 2023•16 min•Season 2023Ep. 70
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, broug...
Nov 08, 2023•17 min•Season 2023Ep. 69
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 sto...
Nov 01, 2023•31 min•Season 2023Ep. 68
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 "...
Oct 25, 2023•30 min•Season 2023Ep. 67
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 Publishe...
Oct 18, 2023•25 min•Season 2023Ep. 66
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 s...
Oct 11, 2023•24 min•Season 2023Ep. 65
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 ot...
Oct 05, 2023•27 min•Season 2003Ep. 64
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 ...
Sep 27, 2023•21 min•Season 2023Ep. 63
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...
Sep 20, 2023•14 min•Season 2023Ep. 62
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’ conc...
Sep 13, 2023•20 min•Season 2023Ep. 61
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 fees PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight. Roo...
Sep 06, 2023•18 min•Season 2023Ep. 60
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...
Aug 31, 2023•18 min•Season 2023Ep. 59
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...
Aug 18, 2023•19 min•Season 2023Ep. 58
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 de...
Aug 02, 2023•24 min•Season 2023Ep. 57
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...
Jul 27, 2023•26 min•Season 2023Ep. 56
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 housebui...
Jul 19, 2023•18 min•Season 2023Ep. 55
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...
Jul 12, 2023•14 min•Season 2023Ep. 54
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...
Jul 06, 2023•23 min•Season 2023Ep. 53
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 ...
Jun 28, 2023•17 min•Season 2023Ep. 52
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: 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 f...
Jun 21, 2023•23 min•Season 2023Ep. 51
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 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 devel...
Jun 14, 2023•23 min•Season 2023Ep. 50
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 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...
Jun 07, 2023•18 min•Season 2023Ep. 49
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 need Its willingness to consider changing changing green belt rules We also investigate the planning implications of May’s local election results. PLUS we’ll summarise the other key news stories of the past week. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Pla...
Jun 01, 2023•24 min•Season 2023Ep. 48
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 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 reduced the decision of an inspector to allow 100 homes on the Surrey green belt after finding a council’s...
May 24, 2023•17 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 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’...
May 17, 2023•17 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 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 power Expand on what a senior civil servant has told MPs regarding the government’s proposed replacement ...
May 11, 2023•24 min•Season 2023Ep. 45
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 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 application How the ...
Apr 26, 2023•19 min•Season 2023Ep. 44
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: 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 min...
Apr 20, 2023•20 min•Season 2023Ep. 43
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 crea...
Apr 12, 2023•28 min•Season 2023Ep. 42
