Room 106

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


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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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