Room 106

Ep100: A Supreme Court ruling on an oil drilling project, a council's procedural error halts its legal challenge, plus planning applications fall to record lows

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we’re going to talk about: A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on an oil drilling project, which legal experts believe...

Ep99: The planning promises in Labour's election manifesto, plus housing delivery test predictions

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking into: The planning promises made in the Labour Party’s general election manifesto;  Exc...

Ep98: Councils delaying local plan work over general election and the Tory and Lib Dem manifestos

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we will be talking about: Councils delaying local plan work due to next month’s general election; The planning promises in the ...

Ep97: The planning proposals we can expect from Labour’s first 100 days in power and how the election announcement impacts policy and legislation

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:What planning measures we can expect from the Labour Party’s first 100 days in power if they’re su...

Ep96: Labour's new towns policy, the general election announcement, plus a council accusing a charity of local plan 'misinformation'

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will be discussing:The Labour Party’s new towns policy;The Prime Minister’s surprise announcement of a general elect...

Ep95: What the new metro mayors mean for planning, plus the fallout from a councillor accusing planning officers of 'lobbying for developers'

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:The impact of newly elected metro mayors on planning and development;The ethical and professional issu...

Ep94: The latest local authority to be placed in planning special measures, planning decision bribery allegations, and the best-paid council planning leads

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will be looking at:The latest local authority that the government has placed in planning performance special measures;A ...

Ep93: What planners need to know about using social media and the secretary of state's attitude to countryside solar farms

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking at:How a row sparked by an inspector's LinkedIn ‘like’ has highlighted the need for planners to take...

Ep92: Why councils are cutting their local plan home targets, new housing affordability data and the latest on Labour's green belt policies

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we will be discussing: Why a series of councils are cutting their housing targets and green belt release levels in their draft l...

Ep91: The implications of a legal change that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining a legal change from the government that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permis...

Ep90: Biodiversity net gain comes into force for small sites, plus changes to planning enforcement and compulsory purchase rules

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, we will be discussing: The biodiversity net gain requirement for developers coming into force for small sites;Significant impend...

Ep89: The implications of the government's proposed new 'accelerated planning system'

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining the implications for developers and councils of the government’s proposals to introduce an "accelera...

Ep88: Why a Tory council was removed from special measures after just three months and the latest on Labour's planning policies

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at:A Tory council being removed from planning performance special measures after just ...

Ep87: The implications of the proposed new presumption in favour of brownfield development

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this 'Deep Dive' edition, we’ll be examining government proposals to revise national planning policy to encourage councils to prioritise brownfie...

Ep86: EXTRA The lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide design codes

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this extra, extended episode, we will be taking a closer look at the lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide desig...

Ep85: Your ten-minute guide to the Budget announcements, plus two more councils placed in special measures

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at: The key planning announcements made by the government alongside the Budget earlier...

Ep84: How cost-saving management consultants are impacting planning services, plus a roundup of the Budget announcements

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus edition, we discuss a recent investigation by Planning on the impact of cost-saving management consultants on council planning...

Ep83: The High Court's quashing of Gove's M&S decision and a government-commissioned report on housebuilding

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at: The implications of a High Court ruling that overturned a controversial decision b...

Ep82: Why a court ruling that permissions cannot be split retrospectively will make it more difficult for developers to modify large schemes, plus this week’s key news

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus edition, we examine a court judgment that quashed a housing association's bid to amend an outline consent for a huge estate re...

Ep81: Your 20-minute guide to the government's latest consultations on permitted development rights and brownfield land policy, plus a row between Gove and Khan

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will:Explain how the government wants to shake up householder permitted development rights, and other moves to deregulate planning...

Ep80: The policy and legislation that Sunak, Gove and colleagues could change before the next general election

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will take a deep dive previewing the biggest policy and legislation changes affecting the planning sector in the year ahead, ...

Ep79: New government guidance on housing land supply and yet another ministerial local plan intervention

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we will: Explain how the government has moved to resolve confusion in the sector over how the proposed new four-year housin...

Ep78: What the revised NPPF means for meeting housing need and housing land supply targets

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, we discuss:How the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) changes the way councils meet local housing...

Ep77: Resident ‘offered lap dance club visit in relation to planning application’, plus the date for the launch of biodiversity net gain is finally revealed

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, our topics for discussion will cover:The government revealing the biodiversity net gain launch date for both major and smaller develo...

Ep76: A reported further delay to the launch of biodiversity net gain, plus a scathing review of a council's planning service

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planni...

Ep75: Your 40-minute guide to how the new National Planning Policy Framework changes the system, plus news round-up

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore the government’s consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and other parts of the planning s...

Ep74: The councils paying out the most in appeal cost awards, plus the week's key stories

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus edition we discuss:Our newly published research – available to subscribers who have recently upgraded to our most extensive bundle of ...

Ep73: The council that kept more than £100k it owed to applicants, plus the week's other key stories

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intellig...

Ep72: The big planning announcements in the chancellor's autumn statement, plus the week's key stories

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep71: Rowley's return to the ministerial hotseat, and when the Levelling Up Act will take effect

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep70: Gove urges councils to consider flexing local plan policies, plus the week's key stories

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus edition we discuss:Housing secretary Michael Gove’s letter to local authorities, urging them to be open to requests from developers wh...

Ep69: The habitats developers won't need to enhance under new biodiversity rules, and the 1,000-home scheme threatened by water supply concerns

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition we discuss:Which protected habitats developers won’t need to enhance as part of the new rules requiring development to boost biodive...

Ep68: How the Levelling Up Act will affect planning, and how to prepare for biodiversity net gain

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep67: The latest changes to the Levelling Up Bill, as it nears royal assent, plus other key news

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep66: All the essential points for planners from the party conferences, plus other key news

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 st...

Ep65: The planning implications of shortening HS2, plus other key news

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep64: The implications of Angela Rayner’s appointment as shadow housing secretary, examining Michael Gove’s new planning ‘super squad’ to help struggling councils, plus other key news

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planni...

Ep63: Lords kill off government plans to boost housebuilding by relaxing water pollution controls in the levelling up bill, plus other key news

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep62: The government’s decision to extend its new requirement for second staircases in tower blocks to a much wider range of buildings, plus other key news

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep61: How the government plans to relax rules on water-polluting housebuilding and wind-farms, plus other key news

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep60: Will the rise in planning application fees help improve the planning system, plus other key news

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep59: Why development that leaves buildings’ exteriors unchanged can still harm an area’s character, a new government tool for calculating housebuilding’s impact on school provision, plus other key news

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep58: What Gove’s stay of demolition for M&S’s 1930s Oxford Street building means for decision-makers and applicants

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep57: Your 20 minute guide to government plans for application fees, extended permitted development rights, new plan-making and NSIP systems and a raft of other proposals

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep56: How May’s election results will influence parties’ planning policies, plus this week’s key news

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep55: When we can expect the government’s national planning policy revisions to eventually appear, why a parliamentary committee thinks the revisions would put the government’s annual 300,000-home target out of reach, and much more

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep54: Can we expect the government’s stalled planning changes to move forward, and if so, when?

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep53: The implications of Labour’s green belt plans, why a clergyman’s wife was referred to police, and plans to boost council planning recruits

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep52: How new plans to relax change of use rules for vacant high street sites could work, and what this could mean for your local pub

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep51: How Gove is factoring design considerations into his decisions, more fallout from the May local elections and government promises of more planning support for farm diversification

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep50: Will the government really strip planning powers from ten councils, and what are the implications of the London mayor’s new push to secure social housing from developers?

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep49: The government’s proposed new high street permitted development rights, Labour’s plan for cheaper compulsory acquisitions and the grants threat to neighbourhood planning

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep48: Deep dive into Labour’s planning pledges and the implications of the May election results

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we take a deep dive into:What we know about what a Labour government would do in planning terms, including: Its pledge to reintro...

Ep47: Planning powers of ten councils potentially in jeopardy after Gove’s warning, plus an inspector’s decision to allow 100 homes on the Surrey green belt

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep46: Do Jeremy Clarkson’s criticisms of the planning system stack up? Plus Gove’s threatening letter to councils, and other key news stories of the past week

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep45: Labour’s planning promises, tougher penalties for slow-building developers and the elusive replacement for the duty on councils to cooperate

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep44: Why councils need to consider future development when assessing infrastructure applications intended to support it, plus key news from the past week

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep43: The government’s new plans for short-term lets and why some councils and developers have been getting into trouble with inspectors and in the courts

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep42: Your guide to the government’s new Infrastructure Levy plans, plus what our research reveals about the consultancies with the highest proportion of female planners

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep41: More levelling-up bill amendments, planning applications plunge to new lows, and the government outlines how it will implement developer planning prohibitions over unsafe buildings

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep40: How national planning policy changes would affect the potential for denser development, plus the key news of the past week

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep39: The government’s latest plans for replacing section 106 agreements, the developers on Gove’s ‘planning prohibition’ hit list and the spring Budget

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep38: How working from home is affecting council planning teams and what our latest research tells us about councils’ five-year land supply positions

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep37: How councils could raise fees by 35 per cent under government proposals, what we know about Labour’s intentions for the planning system, and the implications of a court ruling for prior approval of upward extensions

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep36: What the appointment of new planning minister Rachel Maclean means for the industry PLUS the implications draft changes to national planning policy requiring the promotion of ‘beauty’ and energy efficiency, and restricting farmland development

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep35: The government postpones some biodiversity net gain requirements, the levelling-up department’s new director of planning is leaving and more councils delay local plans

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep34: The timeline for implementing the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and what the revisions would mean for councils in England’s biggest urban areas

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep33: What planners need to know about the government’s new Environmental Improvement Plan, plus Gove’s plan to force developers to fix unsafe buildings

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep32: National Planning Policy Framework draft revisions deep dive – how the tests faced by councils on housing delivery, site allocation and local plan preparation would change

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep31: What’s behind councils’ recent rush to withdraw local plans, more reports of low morale in planning authorities, and why one hallowed planning course has stopped recruiting students

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep30: Your 20-minute guide to recent amendments to the government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep29: Your 30-minute guide to how the proposed National Planning Policy Framework changes would alter the system, plus news round-up

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep28: How the government is responding to the backbench levelling-up bill rebellion, and what our latest survey reveals about the UK’s planning consultancy market in 2022

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep27: The Tory levelling-up bill rebellion, England’s biggest 50 local planning authorities, and what you need to know about the government’s autumn statement

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep26: What we know about new planning minister Lucy Frazer, how the Supreme Court has cast doubt on the validity of old consents, and why a council error over heritage harm sank a big housing scheme

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep25: What new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the return of Michael Gove as levelling up secretary mean for planning, and will investment zones survive the end of Liz Truss’s administration?

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore:Rishi Sunak’s installation as prime minister – what does it mean for planning?Michael Gove’s return as levelling...

Ep24: How the government will incentivise communities to accept housebuilding, rumours of relaxation of affordable housing demands on developers and the council that ‘epitomised unreasonableness’?

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore:Reports that the government will relax the affordable housing and biodiversity demands placed on developers, among oth...

Ep23: Yet another new planning bill, the implications of the government’s promised investment zones and what we learnt at the Labour Party conference

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore:The promised new bill to speed infrastructure delivery – how has the sector reacted?The Labour Party conference – ...

Room 106 sponsored excerpt: the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister, sponsored by Shoosmiths

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the excerpt, sponsored by the law firm Shoosmiths, we’ll be exploring more of the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister.&n...

Ep22: Simon Clarke’s appointment as housing minister, introducing the other new ministers with planning responsibility, and what’s behind the latest spate of local plan delays PLUS the implications of Liz Truss’s installation as Prime Minister

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore:The appointment of Simon Clarke as the new secretary of state for levelling up - what does it mean for planning?The pl...

Ep21: Liz Truss’s planning priorities, how a councillor ‘brought his council into disrepute’, and the legal advice that led a council to drop its defence of a 900-home planning refusal

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning p...

Ep20: The implications of more plan-making delays, why a man cave has landed an accountant in jail, and what is behind the latest spate of big consultancy takeovers

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep 19: The Tory leadership hopefuls’ latest planning proposals, the government’s attempts to unblock permissions stalled by water pollution, and a ‘disgraceful’ local plan

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep18: What changes in the Tory government will mean for planning

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep 17: The council that withdrew a sound local plan, Gove backtracks on the NPPF revision timeline PLUS the guidance on limiting water pollution that is blocking housing permissions explained

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ll explore:Why an Essex council has withdrawn its local plan, despite it being found soundWhat the Prime Minister might have mean...

Ep16: Implications of next month’s promised NPPF ‘update’, Gove’s plan to rein in PINS on housing need and the levelling-up bill’s proposals to change strategic planning

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep15: More Levelling Up Bill analysis, the councils granting the least self-build permissions and PINS’ goals to speed up decision-making

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep14: Your 30-minute guide to how the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will change the planning system

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep13: Pollution concerns hold up 100,000 new homes, a council takes drastic steps to clear an applications backlog, and more of the latest planning news 

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep12: The reported demise of section 106, government proposals to change planning for energy and the rest of the week’s key news

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep11: Councils go slow on plan-making, miss housing land supply targets, and the rest of the week’s key news

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep10: Chilterns decision-making frozen, areas where housebuilding is limited by water pollution double, plus other key news, plus other key news

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep9: The Planning Bill’s reported demise, the crisis at Calderdale Council and another authority under cyber attack

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep8: 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, plus more of the last fortnight’s most important news

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intellig...

Ep7: What the levelling up white paper means for planning, the challenges facing planning authorities in 2022-23, plus more of the last fortnight’s most important news

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intellig...

Ep6: The councils whose planning position has been weakened by the housing delivery test results, plus more of the last fortnight’s most important news

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep5: Council officers in crisis, housing delivery test result forecasts and newly permanent PD rights

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep4: How the new legal duty to boost biodiversity can be met, plus the key news from last week

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep3: DLUHC’s emerging approach, Environment Act implications and the Planning Consultancy Market Report 2021

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for p...

Ep2: The key planning news, plus the PM’s greenfield pledge

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Key recent planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligenc...