Room 106

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:

• The planning consultancies that employ the most female planners – identifying the top companies and looking at the overall picture in the sector. 
• Why MPs and campaigners are unhappy that the new draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) fails to address women’s safety.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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This is the eighth edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. 

This month, we will be discussing: 

• The issues raised by the secretary of state approval of controversial plans to build a new Chinese Embassy in central London; 
• Why an inspector endorsed a council’s own approach to assessing its five-year housing land supply rather than the usual government method; 
• The significance of a High Court ruling that provides clarity on how decision-makers should assess greenhouse gas emissions;
• And how inspectors and ministers are considering the agent of change principle.

More information on all these cases can be found in the February edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 

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. 

Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag 

Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

• New regulations and guidance from the housing ministry to pave the way for impending changes to the local plan-making system, including almost 40 local authorities being ordered to commence plan-making under the new system by the end of June.
• Planning inspectors recommending that a council withdraws its draft local plan from examination following “significant soundness concerns”.
• The Planning Portal accusing a start-up rival of making misleading claims, sparking legal threats.
• A round-up of the planning news from the annual MIPIM property conference.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing the sharp rise in planning objections generated by artificial intelligence (AI), including:

• Our exclusive survey results on the impact it is having on planning decision-making and council resources. 
• The legal issues that are raised.
• How local authorities are responding to the problem.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

• New guidance from the Planning Inspectorate on artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “improper use” of the technology could result in cost awards against appeal parties, plus other updates on how planners are using AI.
• A council announcing that it is considering charging developers and householders if they submit invalid planning applications, to reflect the “true cost” of processing the paperwork.
• Another local authority saying it will pursue “hundreds of thousands of pounds” in costs after a developer pulled out part way through a 190-home appeal.
• And the significance of a High Court ruling that upholds a planning inspector’s decision to back a developer’s bid to drop an affordable housing condition via a section 73 application.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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As of 2026, the UK space industry is a significant and strategic driver of the national economy, contributing over £19 billion in revenue and supporting tens of thousands of high-skilled jobs. Satellite-based services and data underpin roughly 18% of UK GDP, equivalent to approximately £454 billion of the wider economy. And the sector is growing exponentially.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. For the space industry to fully realise its potential it needs more of the right people to understand what’s happening and get involved. People like policy makers, investors, regulators, planners, communicators, lawyers and consultants.

Dr Alice Bunn, the president of UK Space, and her panel of guests, Sam Alden co-CEO of Space Solar, Nick Shave managing director of Astroscale and Anushka Sharma founder of Naaut, discuss the surprising, awe inspiring business of space and make the compelling case for why more companies and investors should get involved. 

Contributors:

Host:

Alice Bunn, President of UKspace 

Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedIn

UKspace: Overview | LinkedIn

Guests:

Nick Shave, Managing Director of Astroscale

Nick Shave FRAeS | LinkedIn

Astroscale: Overview | LinkedIn

Sam Adlen, CEO of Space Solar

Sam Adlen | LinkedIn

Space Solar: Overview | LinkedIn

Anushka Sharma, founder of Naaut

Anushka Sharma | LinkedIn

Naaut: About | LinkedIn

Key topics covered:

Impact of Space on Everyday Life

• Practical Applications
• Environmental Monitoring
• Global Security

Sustainability and Innovation in Orbit

• Space Debris
• Manufacturing in Microgravity
• Space-Based Solar Power

Economic and Regulatory Landscape

• Cost Reduction
• Investment and Finance
• Regulation and Policy

The Future of Space Exploration

• New Platforms
• Academic Contribution

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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:

• How an important High Court ruling sets a precedent for planners applying the government’s grey belt test.
• What the rollout of a Whitehall scheme allowing developers to pay to mitigate pollution means for you.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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In this episode, we’ll be discussing: 

• The government revealing the geography of England’s impending strategic planning system.
• The approval of controversial redevelopment of London’s Liverpool Street train station. 
• The High Court clarifying national policy on grey belt land in a judgment upholding an inspector’s consent for a motorway services scheme. 
• The housing minister making two interventions in the preparation of emerging local plans over the past fortnight.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing a recent investigation by Planning into how planning inspectors are responding to a recent national policy change that eases rules around development on brownfield land in the green belt. In particular, it looks at the six most important considerations for inspectors when determining appeals for such proposals.

Key planning news, and why it is 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 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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This is the seventh edition of our new monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. 

This month, we will be discussing: 

• How exceptional circumstances were found for a 112-home development in a national landscape in Surrey; 
• A controversial inspector's decision that found that a site in the West Midlands could not be considered grey belt because of the presence of a nearby listed church - and how the government has responded; 
• A Hich Court ruling that provides clarity on how planners should assess previously-developed land in the green belt
• And how inspectors are approaching proposals for huge film studios on green belt.

More information on all these cases can be found in the November, December and January editions of Casebook on Planning Resource. 

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. 

Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag 

Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.

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