Room 106

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’ll explore:

• The implications of housing secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that a new draft of the National Planning Policy Framework will be published next month
• What Gove’s statement to Parliament that he will take steps to ensure the Planning Inspectorate does not impose unrealistically high housing need figures on communities might mean 
• Why MPs are concerned about plans for new infrastructure levy proposed in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
• And in our deep dive section, regular contributor David Blackman talks about how the levelling-up bill proposes to change strategic planning arrangements

PLUS

The winners of the 2022 Planning Awards 

A transcript of the podcast is available from the Planning website here.

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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’ll explore:

• The implications of the government’s intention to drop the five-year housing land requirement for authorities with up-to-date local plans
• How the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill proposals would change the current system of planning enforcement
• What the latest government data tells us about which authorities are granting the least, and the most, permissions for self-build housing
• And, in the deep dive section, the implications of the Planning Inspectorate’s new goals to speed up decision-making

PLUS 

Uproar from residents of new estate at housebuilders’ alleged failure to meet planning conditions  

A transcript of the podcast is available from Planning's website here.

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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:

• How the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill would change the content, preparation and impact of local plans.
• How it would affect the system of collecting contributions from developers towards the cost of the infrastructure needed to address the impact of their schemes. 
• What the bill and its accompanying documents have said about raising planning application fees, and a summary of the other proposed changes

A transcript of the podcast is available to download from Planning's website here.

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In this episode: 

• Reports that guidance intended to prevent worsening water pollution is blocking the development of 100,000 homes
• Why a city council has isolated its planning department for two weeks to clear an applications backlog 
• The first application to be sent direct to the Planning Inspectorate at a council that’s been stripped of planning powers under the government’s special measures regime

PLUS 

Why a council has told a developer to rebuild a grade II listed 18th century pub that was demolished last year

A transcript of the podcast is available on Planning magazine's website here.

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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. Find out more at planningresource.co.uk and follow on @planningMag

In this episode:

• Reports that next month’s Queen’s Speech will announce the replacement of negotiated section 106 developer contributions with a flat-rate levy
• The planning implications of the government’s proposals to increase the country’s energy self-sufficiency
• Two councils that have asked the Planning Inspectorate to confirm their housing land supply positions for a year

PLUS

• Oscar-winner Ralph Fiennes plays a legendary US planner on the West End stage

A PDF of the transcript is available on Planning's website here.

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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 @planning Mag

In this episode:

• Why the number of councils abandoning or pausing their local plans continues to grow month-on-month
• Why consultants Quod and DLP Planning have switched to employee ownership
• How councils are likely to respond to the government’s rejection of attempts to block new permitted development rights in central London
• How many councils have a long enough pipeline of sites for housebuilding to protect themselves from speculative applications?

PLUS 

Oxford’s fibreglass shark disappears from its rooftop home

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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:

Why decision-making on housing applications has been frozen in a large part of the Chilterns

• The implications of 42 more councils being subject to water pollution prevention measures that have reportedly already blocked development of 30,000 homes
• The acquisition of one of the UK’s largest planning consultancies by a North American firm

PLUS reports of common assault by one councillor on another on a planning site visit

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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 @planning Mag

In this episode:

• What reports that Michael Gove will drop the standalone Planning Bill reveal about the the government’s plans for the system
• What caused the crisis in processing applications at Calderdale Council?
• How the cyber attack at Gloucester City Council has affected the planning service, and how it is responding

PLUS 

The planning committee member who opened a coffee shop despite it being denied permission by his own authority.

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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. planningesource.co.uk @planning Mag

In this episode:

• Why Uttlesford is the first council to be stripped of planning powers for poor decision-making
• What Stuart Andrews' appointment as planning minister means for the sector
• Why Basildon Council wants to withdraw its local plan, and what happens next.

PLUS Housebuilder Redrow says the planning system has reached its "lowest point"

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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:

• What the levelling up white paper means for planning
• The challenges facing planning authorities in 2022-23, and how they expect to deal with them
• The latest ministerial signals on the future direction of planning policy

PLUS more of the last fortnight’s most important news

AND Gary Lineker takes the retrospective route

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