Ep158: The key planning takeaways from the planning minister's latest select committee appearances
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep157: The highest-rated planning barristers and solicitors and the law firms with the biggest planning teams
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.
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Ep156: Why a planning committee was found to be ‘severely affecting’ a council’s reputation, plus the devolution bill highlights
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.
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Ep155: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised
This is the fourth edition of our new monthly series examining the key appeal and court decisions from the past four weeks.As before, we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles the long-running Casebook section of Planning. This week, we will be discussing: Two notable appeal decisions – one of which show how a future drop in housing land supply can be an important material consideration for inspectors even if the current position is adequate and protected for the near future, while the other demonstrates that neighbourhood plans still have teeth. Ministerial decisions on data centre proposals in the green belt and how it reflects changing national planning policy on green belt.A Court of Appeal judgment that backed an inspector's consideration of the so-called ‘downstream’ impacts of future carbon emissions when allowing an oil drilling project.More information on all these cases can be found in the July 2025 edition of monthly 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.
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Ep154: How a lack of sewage treatment capacity is blocking applications for new homes across England
In this Deep Dive edition, we discuss how rising public concern about sewage pollution in rivers, plus inadequate levels of investment in water treatment capacity, is leading to thousands of new homes across England being blocked or postponed.Planning editor Richard Garlick and Planning special correspondent Joey Gardiner discuss Joey’s investigation into the issue, published by Planning last week.It shows how:water companies are recommending that many applications for homes are refused, or conditions blocking occupation applied, because of water treatment capacity issuesin one area in which 300,000 homes are needed by 2030, the planned investment in water treatment capacity improvements is only adequate for 175,000, not all of them in places where the planning system says homes are neededin the same area, there is a particular shortage of capacity in large towns and cities where growth would normally be focussedsimilar issues are affecting housebuilding in other parts of England, with at least one council imposing conditions restricting occupation without having been asked to do so by the local water company, and having had its approach endorsed at appealIn addition, we’ll 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. 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.
Key recent 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 nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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