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  • Room 106

    Ep212: The key takeaways for planners from Burnham's first big speech as a potential Prime Minister

    08/07/2026 | 20 mins.
    In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

    The key planning takeaways from the first big speech by the likely Prime Minister-elect Andy Burnham;
    The planning minister making a last-minute intervention in the examination of the City of London Corporation’s emerging local plan over its potential heritage impacts;
    And three councils launching a legal challenge against the reduced affordable housing requirement in the mayor of London’s home-delivery stimulus package.

    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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    Ep211: What the relentless rise of councils under no overall control means for planners

    01/07/2026 | 23 mins.
    In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be casting a spotlight on:

    The dramatic rise in the number of councils under no overall political control – what does this mean for planning in those areas and how do you keep it moving?
    Why a judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination has prompted fears of wider plan-making delays

    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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    Ep210: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

    26/06/2026 | 19 mins.
    The latest 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’ll be discussing:

    An example of a proposal for a solar farm being refused on landscape grounds, bucking the trend for many such schemes being approved on the grounds of their benefits;
    Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework being triggered and used successfully to fend off a housing proposal;
    A legal challenge to consent for the redevelopment of the Museum of London site, where the City of London Corporation was both applicant and planning authority;
    A petition against a mixed-use scheme proposed in Wandsworth signed by celebrities including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Felicity Kendal, Anthea Turner and Harry Hill.

    More information on all these cases can be found in the June 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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    Ep209: Starmer resigns with Burnham poised to replace him; plus nine councils placed in planning ‘special measures’

    24/06/2026 | 21 mins.
    In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

    The resignation of the Prime Minister, with new MP and former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham poised to take over – how has the sector reacted and what might this mean for planning and development?
    Planning minister Matthew Pennycook placing nine councils in special measures for poor-quality decision-making on major planning applications – the first such designations made under the Labour administration;
    And a “shocked” civic society accusing a city council of making AI-generated errors in a planning application heritage statement.

    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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    Ep208: The implications of the scaling back of planning committee decision-making

    17/06/2026 | 24 mins.
    In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be taking a close look at two of the biggest current changes to the planning system under the Labour government:

    Firstly, the scaling back of planning committee decision-making – how are councils dealing with revisions that seek to allow more planning applications to be decided by officers, rather than elected members?
    And secondly, the new system of local plan making – how some authorities are intending to hit this year’s deadline for submitting plans under the current system, but why others have decided not to do so.

    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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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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