Room 106

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 up the other key news that broke over the Christmas and New Year period.

By the end of the show, you should know enough to persuade your colleagues that you spent Christmas poring over planning policy. 

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 Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

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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 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 Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 government biodiversity net gain guidance that asks developers to prioritise onsite improvements

PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past week.

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 closely with new housing minister Lee Rowley think of him. 
• PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past week.

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Levelling Up and Regeneration Act to come into force.
• PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

• 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.

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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 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 for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 "permissive" on small brownfield sites.
• The implications for planning of the government adviser's latest assessment of the UK’s infrastructure needs for the next 30 years.
• PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly. 

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