Room 106

The secret chamber where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued before extracting the key information for planning professionals. 

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be taking a look ahead at the government’s planning policy and legislation programme over the next six months – what are the key announcements and measures that we can expect?

Among other things, we’ll be talking about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, national development management policies and changes to the plan-making system 

We’ll also be rounding up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector.  

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. 

In this edition, we’ll be discussing: 

• The surprise resignation of Angela Rayner as housing secretary last week and the planning track record of her replacement.
• The planning news from the Reform UK Conference this weekend.
• And a judge confirming a planning inspector’s finding that green belt openness "cannot be compromised" by "not inappropriate" development.

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. 

This week, we’re going to take a closer look at the latest twist in the ongoing legal and planning battle between the government and an Essex council over the use of a hotel to house asylum seekers, which on Friday saw the Court of Appeal reverse a High Court injunction in an unusually scathing ruling. We'll also discuss: 

• Reports that the government is considering a new planning bill;
• And the High Court quashing a council’s consent for a self-build home over a planning officer's “error of law”.

In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. 

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing whether a council’s bold bid to reclassify several villages as towns in order to protect them from green belt development is likely to be effective.

We'll also examine the government’s latest amendments to the controversial nature recovery measures in its flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. 

This week, we’re going to take a closer look at: 

• The housing secretary Angela Rayner blocking a council’s bid to allocate a site in a special protection area for up to 1,250 homes in its emerging local plan
• A Labour Party councillor losing the party whip after being caught making anonymous online posts defending the council’s proposed release of green belt sites in its local plan
• And the High Court ordering a campaigner to pay £85,000 and a council £9,000 in costs after losing their joint legal battle over a decision to register a set of playing fields as a village green. 

In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. 

This week, we’re going to take a closer look at: 

• The housing secretary Angela Rayner giving the Chinese embassy two weeks to “comprehensively” explain why new building plans have been redacted 

• A planning inspector concluding that a council’s net zero requirement in a 2,200-home garden village plan is “consistent with national policy” more than two years after previous inspectors claimed that the strategy’s approach conflicted with a written ministerial statement. More 

• A local authority urging applicants to avoid “chasing” its planning team for updates as part of an action plan to tackle a 1,700-case backlog 

• And an inspector allowing an appeal over plans for an extension to a weapons factory that a council refused against officer advice due to “community cohesion” concerns 

In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.

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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing our exclusive report, which reveals when England’s busiest local authorities say they will hit key local plan preparation milestones, and when peaks and troughs in plan-making activity are predicted to occur.

We’ll also examine how the Labour Party has performed against its own planning objectives in its first year in office.

In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. 

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 explore:

• The planning minister Matthew Pennycook appearing before two Parliamentary select committees - we discuss the planning highlights, including key announcements about developer contributions, affordable homes, viability guidance and new towns; 
• The news that a promised government consultation on national development management policies will be delayed until later this year; 
• A council ruling out green belt release in its draft local plan, despite meeting just over half of its local housing need.

In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. 

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 our annual Planning Law Survey, which takes an in-depth and exclusive look at the most highly rated planning barristers, law firms and solicitors and the law firms with the biggest and fastest-growing planning teams. 

In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. 

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.

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

In this episode we explore:

• The key planning takeaways from the government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which was published last week.
• A review by a planning advisory body that found that a council’s planning committee is perceived to be "operating with undue influence" amid probity "suspicions".
• A local authority that has proposed redefining four villages as towns to protect them from the new grey belt designation in national planning policy.

In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. 

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.

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