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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