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 inde...
Jul 03, 2024•30 min•Season 2024Ep. 101
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, ...
Jun 26, 2024•20 min•Season 2024Ep. 100
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 year...
Jun 19, 2024•24 min•Season 2024Ep. 99
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...
Jun 13, 2024•23 min•Season 2024Ep. 98
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 inde...
Jun 06, 2024•22 min•Season 2024Ep. 97
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’...
May 30, 2024•17 min•Season 2024Ep. 96
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 profession...
May 22, 2024•34 min•Season 2024Ep. 95
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 ...
May 16, 2024•18 min•Season 2024Ep. 94
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 indepen...
May 10, 2024•29 min•Season 2024Ep. 93
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 p...
May 01, 2024•20 min•Season 2024Ep. 92
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, ...
Apr 24, 2024•16 min•Season 2024Ep. 91
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 profes...
Apr 17, 2024•18 min•Season 2024Ep. 90
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 p...
Apr 09, 2024•16 min•Season 2024Ep. 89
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 ...
Apr 03, 2024•15 min•Season 2024Ep. 88
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 Pu...
Mar 27, 2024•20 min•Season 2024Ep. 87
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. planningresour...
Mar 26, 2024•27 min•Season 2024Ep. 86
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 i...
Mar 21, 2024•22 min•Season 2024Ep. 85
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 impor...
Mar 13, 2024•26 min•Season 2024Ep. 84
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 Clai...
Mar 06, 2024•22 min•Season 2024Ep. 83
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 significant The 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' applications Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team b...
Feb 28, 2024•21 min•Season 2024Ep. 82
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; Consi...
Feb 22, 2024•27 min•Season 2024Ep. 81
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 t...
Feb 14, 2024•24 min•Season 2024Ep. 80
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 pol...
Feb 08, 2024•18 min•Season 2024Ep. 79
In this bonus episode, we discuss: How the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) changes the way councils meet local housing need What the new NPPF means for local authority housing land supply targets 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...
Jan 31, 2024•19 min•Season 2024Ep. 78
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, W...
Jan 24, 2024•18 min•Season 2024Ep. 77
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...
Jan 18, 2024•16 min•Season 2024Ep. 76
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 areas Plan-making and the test of soundness, as well as the requirement for authorities to plan across boundaries Green belt reviews PLUS We’ll also be rounding ...
Jan 11, 2024•41 min•Season 2024Ep. 75
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 pl...
Dec 13, 2023•16 min•Season 2023Ep. 74
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 proposals A dramatic 11th hour ministerial intervention to stop a council withdrawing its local plan from examination Draft go...
Dec 08, 2023•14 min•Season 2023Ep. 73
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 c...
Nov 30, 2023•29 min•Season 2023Ep. 72
